Re: [PSES] God EMC practice

2017-09-03 Thread Jim Bacher
What I have always set as a target is 6 dB better than spec on prototype / first units tested, then 3 dB better on production audits. That may no longer be good enough. The reason is a lot of products now have radio receivers in them as in Bluetooth, wifi, NFC, and RFID. If your unintentionally

Re: [PSES] God EMC practice

2017-09-02 Thread John Woodgate
d data, and may distort it (them?). From: Cortland Richmond [mailto:k...@earthlink.net] Sent: Saturday, September 2, 2017 10:53 AM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] God EMC practice In ancient times, the FCC required we perform RE testsby manipulating peripheral and cable pla

Re: [PSES] God EMC practice

2017-09-02 Thread Cortland Richmond
In ancient times, the FCC required we perform RE testsby manipulating peripheral and cable placement to maximize emissions; our tech at Tandy was fiendishly clever, but we had to draw the line short of wrapping cables around the (CRT) monitor. Lots of stories... Cortland Richmond On

Re: [PSES] God EMC practice

2017-09-01 Thread Brent DeWitt
nt: Friday, September 01, 2017 12:05 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] God EMC practice A good practice is to use your calculated measurement uncertainty for emissions as your minimum margin requirement. That will often put you in the 3-4 dB rang

Re: [PSES] God EMC practice

2017-09-01 Thread John Woodgate
ciates Beware averages! They hide or discard data, and may distort it (them?). From: Schaefer, David [mailto:dschae...@tuvam.com] Sent: Friday, September 1, 2017 4:36 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] God EMC practice The vehicle area is different as well. Standards like

Re: [PSES] God EMC practice

2017-09-01 Thread Schaefer, David
0251 Cell: 612 578 6038 Fax: 651 638 0285 From: Patrick [mailto:conwa...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, September 01, 2017 10:21 AM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] God EMC practice God and Compliance Margin... two topics that generate a lot of preaching! I think everyone has

Re: [PSES] God EMC practice

2017-09-01 Thread John Woodgate
odgate and Associates Beware averages! They hide or discard data, and may distort it (them?). From: Ted Eckert [mailto:07cf6ebeab9d-dmarc-requ...@ieee.org] Sent: Friday, September 1, 2017 4:10 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] God EMC practice First, you can find a l

Re: [PSES] God EMC practice

2017-09-01 Thread Pete Perkins
SERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] God EMC practice First, you can find a lengthy discussion from 10 years ago in the archive of this list server. <https://www.mail-archive.com/emc-pstc@listserv.ieee.org/msg42809.html> https://www.mail-archive.com/emc-pstc@listserv.ieee.org/msg42809.h

Re: [PSES] God EMC practice

2017-09-01 Thread Patrick
That will often put you in the 3-4 dB range. > > > > Jim > > > > > > James L. Knighten, Ph.D. > > Teradata > > 17095 Via Del Campo > > San Diego, CA 92127 > > 858-485-2537 <(858)%20485-2537> > > > > *From:*

Re: [PSES] God EMC practice

2017-09-01 Thread Ted Eckert
reflect those of my employer. From: Kim Boll Jensen [mailto:k...@bolls.dk] Sent: Friday, September 1, 2017 6:01 AM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: [PSES] God EMC practice Hi One of our customers want to know if there are some good practice for emission compliance. I normally recommend 3

Re: [PSES] God EMC practice

2017-09-01 Thread Douglas Smith
] Sent: Friday, September 01, 2017 6:01 AM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: [PSES] God EMC practice Hi One of our customers want to know if there are some good practice for emission compliance. I normally recommend 3 dB margin, but I don't have any reference to why this is OK.

Re: [PSES] God EMC practice

2017-09-01 Thread Cortland Richmond
My first post-military (21 years) employer, did statistical quality testing in 1983-87,   but that was because they were producing TEMPEST qualified systems too; it was habit.  My second employer a (defunct firm in Forth Worth) tested before sending systems out for FCC approval, and also the

Re: [PSES] God EMC practice

2017-09-01 Thread Knighten, Jim L
[mailto:k...@bolls.dk] Sent: Friday, September 01, 2017 6:01 AM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: [PSES] God EMC practice Hi One of our customers want to know if there are some good practice for emission compliance. I normally recommend 3 dB margin, but I don't have any reference to why

Re: [PSES] God EMC practice

2017-09-01 Thread John Woodgate
Beware averages! They hide or discard data, and may distort it (them?). From: msherma...@comcast.net [mailto:msherma...@comcast.net] Sent: Friday, September 1, 2017 4:55 PM To: John Woodgate <jmw1...@btinternet.com> Subject: Re: [PSES] God EMC practice John -- Maybe I deleted a previous e

[PSES] FW: [PSES] God EMC practice

2017-09-01 Thread John Woodgate
From: John Woodgate [mailto:jmw1...@btinternet.com] Sent: Friday, September 1, 2017 2:12 PM To: 'Kim Boll Jensen' <k...@bolls.dk> Subject: RE: [PSES] God EMC practice Go to: http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk/Illustrations%20of%2080-80%20rule.pdf This is a presentation delivered by an expert on

Re: [PSES] God EMC practice

2017-09-01 Thread John Woodgate
odgate and Associates Beware averages! They hide or discard data, and may distort it (them?). From: Patrick [mailto:conwa...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, September 1, 2017 4:21 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] God EMC practice God and Compliance Margin... two topics that generate

Re: [PSES] God EMC practice

2017-09-01 Thread Patrick
God and Compliance Margin... two topics that generate a lot of preaching! I think everyone has a "tradition" of what worked for them, and what did not. Here is my sermon on margin: I don't consider myself a monk of the EMI Chamber... ...but over the years I have preached various

Re: [PSES] God EMC practice

2017-09-01 Thread alfred1520list
Hi Kim, I've just had a chat with a compliance test lab engineer on this very topic yesterday. He said their measurements have a 3 dB uncertainty between labs. So it world seem when everything is as accurate as possible, 3dB margin would ensure you will always pass, possibly without any

Re: [PSES] God EMC practice

2017-09-01 Thread john Allen
I'm sure some agencies and companies have rules for this aspect, but I'm not sure about "God"! J From: Kim Boll Jensen [mailto:k...@bolls.dk] Sent: 01 September 2017 14:01 To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: [PSES] God EMC practice Hi One of our customers wa

[PSES] God EMC practice

2017-09-01 Thread Kim Boll Jensen
Hi One of our customers want to know if there are some good practice for emission compliance. I normally recommend 3 dB margin, but I don't have any reference to why this is OK. I know that some companies have internal rules for 3 or even 6 dB margin to compensate for production deviations