I read in !emc-pstc that Chris Maxwell <[email protected]> wrote (in <[email protected]>) about 'OK, what's going on?' on Fri, 28 Mar 2003:
>However, as engineers, we could find a way to make the spot checks cheaper and >more repeatable. Sort of a little field probe with an LED indicator Red = way >out, Yellow = close , Green = OK. If the product were reliable and inexpensive, >it could be marketed to national authorities as well as manufacturers to put at >the end of their assembly lines. Take the example of hi-pot testing. An >actual safety test goes through all sorts of paperwork, component checking, heat >conditioning... But, the final test at the end of the assembly line is a simple >hi-pot and ground bond. An analogous test/product for EMC appears to be begging >for development. Some of these $100,000 mini - chambers are a poor excuse. >I'm talking cheap/dirty and quick...no display, no readout of actual level...an >antenna, an amplifier and a go/no-go indicator. Yes, wouldn't it be good. IMHO, it's slightly less feasible than a combined 3D photocopier and perpetual motion machine. -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Interested in professional sound reinforcement and distribution? Then go to http://www.isce.org.uk PLEASE do NOT copy news posts to me by E-MAIL! 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] Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
