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Often overlooked during the development of appropriate spacings (creepage distances) for safety-certified products is the failure to account accurately for the material group of the components involved. This oversight can have significant implications. Let us briefly explore this issue to raise awareness among readers.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has updated its list of recognized international and national standards that can be used to demonstrate compliance with certain requirements for premarket review and authorization of medical devices.

The Chair of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed new rules that would require mobile service providers to unlock consumer mobile phones within 60 days of their activation.

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will also consider adopting rules that would end exorbitant charges for phone and video calls made by incarcerated people in correctional facilities throughout the U.S.

While many designers attempt to perform radiated emissions troubleshooting at an outdoor site or in a semi-anechoic chamber using a third-party test lab facility, I've found a much more efficient method is to perform this using a nearby antenna right on your own work bench.

TÜV Rheinland celebrated the grand opening of its Northeast Technology and Innovation Center in Boxborough, MA. The 65,000-square-foot facility boasts cutting-edge amenities, including a top‑tier 10-meter Semi-anechoic Chamber.

We’ve compiled a list of best practices that we believe embody the very essence of a thriving compliance engineering career.

Verizon Wireless has agreed to pay a $1 million penalty in connection with an investigation into the company’s role in a series of 911 system outages in December 2022.

This article provides an overview of high-altitude electromagnetic pulses and the damaging effects they pose to sensitive electronic circuitry, equipment and systems that support a wide range of critical applications, along with common EMP protection approaches and current testing methods used to evaluate the resilience of equipment and systems exposed to an EMP attack.

Mexico’s regulatory compliance process can be challenging due to continuous changes in NOM and other requirements. By better understanding the key players and documents that make up the regulatory system, manufacturers can more easily and successfully navigate compliance for radio and telecommunications devices in Mexico.