>-----Original Message----- >From: C N [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 10:48 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Help wanted with succinct subject description for >non-specialists > > > >For non-technical people ... in other words KISS. > >>EMC is two things: > >I respectfully disagree. >Here's what I'd say. >Take it as you wish. > >EMC or Electromagnetic Compatibility is the products ability to >pass a variety of electromagnetic product testing requirements >demanded by different countries or customers. >
Doug: I think that the ability to pass the tests is more correctly called Compliance. Compatibility is achieved only if the compliance requirements accurately portray the real world. Assuming that the compliance requirements have been set reasonably well, achieving Compliance will reasonably assure Compatibility. Yet, carried to extremes, it's certainly possible to not be in compliance, yet be compatible most of the time. And sometimes, you can be compliant, without always being compatible. Regards, Ed Price [email protected] Electromagnetic Compatibility Lab Cubic Defense Systems San Diego, CA USA 858-505-2780 (Voice) 858-505-1583 (Fax) Military & Avionics EMC Is Our Specialty Shake-Bake-Shock - Metrology - Reliability Analysis 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
