We actually tested the equipment with the wiring installation and it took several months and quite considerable amount of work to get the equipment to meet DO-160C with the cabling (supplied by Boeing).
No the system is not flight critical however other systems that have been supplied by our company are and these also use unscreened cable. By unscreened I mean the cables have no overall screen as used by military cableforms. ERA & QinetiQ have tested various PED such as Laptops, CD Walkmans, Portable DVD players, Video Walkmans, Camcorders, Furbies, etc. Aside from the Furbies and Laptops the majority rest of the items tested met DO-160C limits, however, after an incident with a Video walkman which was reported to open the waste dump valve on a 747 the item was purchased from the owner by the UKCAA and tested. This was found to be at several frequencies 20-30dB in excess of limits. Examination of the unit found that it had been modified at some time. This poses the question what controls are there on PEDS. They can be tested as new items but their integrity may be compromised when they are repaired or modified by an unauthorised repairer. Iam sure that if you get in touch with Eric Stevens of ERA, Dr Nigel Carter of Qinetiq or Dave Hudson UKCAA they can give you more information. Regards Andy Andrew Price Principal Development Engineer (EMC Specialist) BAE SYSTEMS Avionics A125 Christopher Martin Road Basildon, Essex SS14 3EL tel: +44 (0) 1268 883308 email: [email protected] *************************************************************************** This email and any attachments are confidential to the intended recipient and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please delete it from your system and notify the sender. You should not copy it or use it for any purpose nor disclose or distribute its contents to any other person. *************************************************************************** ------------------------------------------- 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: Ron Pickard: [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: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
