Geez, just jump to Google. HALT-> misnamed: Highly Accelerated Life Testing. Actually has noting to do with Life-time or MTBF-type longevity analysis.
Look at the Calmer web site; they were one of the pioneers of HALT. Also, GM has published an engineering standard, GMW8287, that provides a decent overview of HALT and HASS/HASA processes. There may be minimal ROI for simple digital stuff, but mixed-signal and/or more complex mechanical constructions should be subject to HALT, and perhaps HASS follow-up. If your manufacturing and design engineers take the time to actually READ your HALT report and take corrective action, you will probably find that RMA problems are greatly reduced. In any case, playing with liquid nitrogen is great fun... Brian -----Original Message----- From: Peter Merguerian [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 3:38 AM To: "EMC-PSTC (E-mail)" < Subject: HALT and HAAS Dear All, 1. Has anyone heard of HALT and HAAS? 2. What are some overseas labs (in Europe, North America and Asia) testing for HALT and HAAS? 3. What does a manufacturer testing to HALT and HAAS gain? ------------------------------------------- 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"
