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Subject: Re: ESD testing on exposed connector pins
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Hello Alan,
You assume two things:
1) test houses will zap connectors, and
2) all manufacturers use test houses for EMC Directive compliance
In the United States most manufacturers self declare compliance to the
EMC Directive unless they take the TCF route and work with a competent
body. Do all manufacturers zap connectors? Your guess is as good as
mine.
Regards,
Ron Wellman
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Subject: Re: ESD testing on exposed connector pins
Author: Non-HP-owner-emc-pstc ([email protected]) at
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Date: 4/19/96 10:05 AM
Recently Ron Wellman wrote:
> I believe that everyone contributing to this thread knows that zapping > pins
of exposed connector pins is almost always a guaranteed failure. > Whether you
fix it or not is a business decision, ....
>From a European point of view, I would have thought that if the test house did
such a test (zapped the pins) and it failed, then you didn't get your
Certificate of Conformity (or whatever), which means no CE Mark, which means "no
can sell", which is not much of a business decision !!!
Or am I being simplistic (or even dense !)?
Regards,
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