When the standards changed to move the EUT and peripherals to the back edge of the test table, cable maximization was left mostly up to gravity with the cables being draped as they fell. Most test facilities do not go any further than that. I have seen OEMs that go so far as to do cable MINimization. Tune it to pass. They aren't doing anybody a favor.
I would continue to insist on maximization of both cable and peripherals especially in development testing when early identification of a potential problem could save you lots of headache later on. Earl From: Charles Grasso [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 4:54 PM To: Emc-Pstc; [email protected] Subject: cable maximization - do you or don't you?? Hi all, I have recently run into an issue with an OEM supplier. The product that we are looking at fails emissions after cable maximization. In an informal study, I discovered that quite a few labs don't seem to perform cable maximization on a routine basis. ANSIC63 is quite clear on this - the cables need to be maximized. Is cable maximization a thing of the past - to be written out - and test labs are maximizing throughput rather than cables OR is is something I should continue to insist on?? Comments will be gratefully accepted. Charles Grasso EchoStar Communicationa 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 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
