I don't know how the laptop and EUT communicate, but my Fluke 97 Scopemeter uses an opto-isolated RS-232 serial link.
---------- >From: "Biggs, Daniel (IndSys, GEFanuc, NA)" <[email protected]> >To: "'EMC-PSTC Internet Forum' (E-mail)" <[email protected]> >Subject: Isolation methods for surge immunity tests >Date: Fri, Oct 26, 2001, 3:15 PM > > > We are testing a comm line for 61000-4-5 and are using a laptop PC for > support equipment (EUT will be talking to the PC). Do any of you know what > could be used to isolate the PC from the surge being applied to the EUT comm > line? Are opto-isolaters typically used for this purpose, and if so, can > anyone suggest a make/model for one of these? > > > Thanks, > DB > > > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > [email protected] > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Michael Garretson: [email protected] > Dave Heald [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: [email protected] > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old > messages are imported into the new server. > ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: [email protected] Dave Heald [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.

