Hello Brian, HALT has never been intended to be a reliability test method. The idea behind HALT is to find weaknesses in a product and address them as appropriate. Reliability testing is a different animal and should never be confused with HALT or STRIFE testing.
Regards, +=================================================================+ |Ronald R. Wellman |Voice : 408-345-8229 | |Agilent Technologies |FAX : 408-553-2412 | |5301 Stevens Creek Blvd., |E-Mail: [email protected]| |Mailstop 54L-BB |WWW : http://www.agilent.com | |Santa Clara, California 95052 USA| | +=================================================================+ -----Original Message----- From: Brian O'Connell [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 6:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: HALT and HAAS Interesting observations from all. I would appreciate if the good people that posted on this subject could reveal the item, or product category being tested. It would be interesting to see the "relative relevance" of each test or analysis technique (e.g., MH217, HALT, HASS, ESS, etc) to the product's short and long-term performance. In my current job, I apply HALT and MTBF calculations to component power supplies. HALT seems to quickly reveal a physical or electronic design weakness. But once (manager-selected) design flaws have been removed, HALT does not seem to predict which component is likely to fail over the power supply's life. I have researched some of my employer's MTBF reports and found most to accurately predict failure modes. Brian ------------------------------------------- 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" ------------------------------------------- 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"
