May 2012 Archives - In Compliance Magazine

Early Life Failure of Dissipative Workstation Mats

Routine compliance verification testing can reveal degradation of a workstation mat’s electrical dissipative properties over time. Chronic failures occurring sooner than expected warrant root-cause investigatio... Read More...

Founders of the EMC Society: The 1960s

In a previous edition of this magazine, we covered the contributions of some of the original members who helped create the EMC Society. In this article, we would like to introduce you to a few more founders imp... Read More...

Software as a Medical Device – Part II

Since the 2007 amendment to the Medical Devices Directive (93/42/EC)1 aimed at clarifying its scope in relation to standalone software, there has been much debate on what types of standalone software should be ... Read More...

The iNARTE Informer – May 2012

In April 2011, we reported that iNARTE had signed an agreement to become affiliated with RABQSA. Now, one year later, I am pleased to announce that effective May 6, 2012, iNARTE will merge into the RABQSA organ... Read More...

Environmental ESD: Part 2 – Thunderstorms and Lightning Discharges

Associate Professor Neils Jonassen authored a bi-monthly static column that appeared in Compliance Engineering Magazine. The series explored charging, ionization, explosions, and other ESD related topics. The E... Read More...

Tornados and Product Safety

In this column, we’ll explore the similarity between the new tornado warnings that are starting to be tested in select parts of the country and the warnings that belong on your products. Risk communication i... Read More...

Robotics and EMC Engineering

I learned about a new robot from Boston Dynamics through IEEE Spectrum called Petman1. Is this the future of humanity? It got me thinking about how both EMC and product safety is a critical aspect of robotic... Read More...

Impact on EMC for Electrical Powertrains with Respect to Functional Safety: ISO 26262

Due to increasing concerns with petroleum usage and the increasing federal fuel economy regulations, electric powertrains have become more accepted by automotive manufacturers and can be found in production and within numerous development programs.

Software as a Medical Device – Part II

Since the 2007 amendment to the Medical Devices Directive (93/42/EC)1 aimed at clarifying its scope in relation to standalone software, there has been much debate on what types of standalone software should be ... Read More...

Effectiveness of Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors for Electrostatic Discharge Protection

A simple technique to deal with ESD can be achieved by mounting multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCC) at the PCB I/O connector pins that is the ESD entry point. EMC engineers recommend using 0603 MLCC’s placed a... Read More...