September 2015 Archives - In Compliance Magazine

More Changes Coming for FCC Rules

Well There They Go Again… The FCC tossed out another Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) recently (published August 6, 2015) to adjust its Certification Rules for RF products. The Commission recognizes, with ... Read More...

Increasing EMI Shielding Performance of Air Vents

Many systems are currently using very high data rates in the 1-10 Gb/s range, and planning for systems with even higher data rates is on-going. These very high data rate signals are usually differential, but an... Read More...

ANSI/ESD S20.20-2014: A Review of the Technical Revisions to the 2014 Edition

A five-year review of ANSI/ESD S20.20 was recently completed and the 2014 version of the standard was published in September 2014. The technical revisions in the 2014 version of the standard are highlighted in... Read More...

Testing Purposes

Every product is subjected to a suite of tests. What are the purposes of these tests? Often, we just perform the tests as prescribed in a standard, and with whatever conditions are specified by the certificatio... Read More...

View from the Chalkboard

I am pleased to announce that we are changing the publication frequency of “View from the Chalkboard” to better align the typical academic calendar. With each September and January issue of In Compliance we wil... Read More...

Off-Site Ionizer Calibration Overview

Does packaging integrity make a difference? During periodic verification and maintenance of ionizers offsite, offset voltage in excess of end user specifications has been found. It should be noted that the ion... Read More...

Certification of Medical Devices in China

A Complex Process Results in Long Lead Times for Market Access Manufacturers of medical products who want to export their devices to China need to consider the local requirements for product certification and ... Read More...

Middle East Regulatory Compliance for Electronics

“One pound of learning requires ten pounds of common sense to apply it.” - Persian Proverb Containing about half of the proven global oil reserves, the countries in the Middle East have a solid base for their ... Read More...