Dear Terry, Though we didn't conduct "formal" susceptibility of USB port, my Dell Inspiron notebook and a USB-based data acquisition system reliably lock up in a presence of a strong ESD Event. This doesn't happen with the computer when DAQ is not attached.
Best Regards, Vladimir Kraz Credence Technologies, Inc. [email protected] Tel. 831-459-7488 FAX 831-427-3513 http://www.credencetech.com Terry Meck wrote: > Hello: > > RE:Susceptibility of USB ports to Industrial Environment test levels. > > Does anyone have experience to the susceptibility of commercially available > PC's and mother boards at the industrial test levels? > For example RS232 and USB ports with the 1000 V EFT, 10V/M RF radiated, and > 10V RF conducted immunity tests. (EN 61000-4-4, -4-6 etc.) > Do they fold under those levels? > > I always protect them when using them as support equipment. Am I over > cautious? > > Regards, > Terry Meck > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > [email protected] > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > Michael Garretson: [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: [email protected] -- ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: [email protected] Michael Garretson: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected]

