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In ESD control programs, standard test methods for product qualification and periodic evaluation of wrist straps, garments, ionizers, worksurfaces, grounding, flooring, shoes, static dissipative planar materials, shielding bags, packaging, electrical soldering/desoldering hand tools, and flooring/footwear systems have been developed to ensure uniformity around the world.

Common FDA Regulatory Pathways for Uncommon Devices

After nearly four years of work, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published...

Designing an EMC Automotive Test chamber to meet the requirements of CISPR 25 and ISO 11452-2. Plus, radiation patterns from the typical test antennas and recommendations for performance improvement.

A  five-year review of ANSI/ESD S20.20 was recently completed and the 2014 version of...

Currently Available Drafts of this Important Standard Reveal Significant Changes For nearly 50 years, MIL‑STD‑461...

Industry standards play a major role in providing meaningful metrics and common procedures that...

The electronics industry is continually shifting. Device circuitry density and technology is more complex....

“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change...

Can thousands of regulations be harmonized?

Last summer, the European Union (EU) and the US took the first steps to establish a partnership between the two markets that together account for almost half the world’s economy. Teams of negotiators met in Washington to talk about how best to take the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) forward, and even though the second round of negotiations was canceled due to pressing political issues, both sides expressed a firm commitment to the TTIP process.