Jim, I do recall that back in the early/mid 80's (before 950) - we referred to it as "The British Standard Finger". I believe it did originate in a British Safety spec. I was told at the time it represented the average British "pinky" finger. I don't recall what spec. it was we tested to at the time (it may have been BS 6305, or was it BS 6301?), but I would say it was sometime from 1982-1987 that the articulated finger rose to prominence and eventually into global standards. I hope this helps with your research. Please let me know what you find out, I'm nostalgic!
Best regards, Stephen At 03:25 PM 10/20/2004, JIM WIESE wrote: Hello all, I am interested in the origins, and any substantiating research for the IEC 60950 articulated finger probe. Does anybody know where it originated or what research was performed to determine the dimensions of this probe? Thanks in advance, Jim Jim Wiese NEBS Project Manager/Senior Compliance Engineer ADTRAN, INC. 901 Explorer Blvd. P.O. Box 140000 Huntsville, AL 35814-4000 256-963-8431 256-963-8250 fax [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Scott Douglas [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://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
