RE: Q on Correlation of Votage ripple with a Spectrum Analyser

2003-07-26 Thread Charles Grasso
Hi all, Actually I was using a good ole Spectrim Analyser so I sidestepped the windowing issue/software issues altogether. What I was(am)trying to do was match the max voltage as measured on a scope with the value as measured on a SA. I first calibrated myslef using a known source - a sine

RE: Q on Correlation of Votage ripple with a Spectrum Analyser

2003-07-26 Thread Cortland Richmond
Charles Grasso wrote: What I was(am)trying to do was match the max voltage as measured on a scope with the value as measured on a SA. Try zero span on the SA. Compare THAT with the scope. Cortland This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc

Re: Q on Correlation of Votage ripple with a Spectrum Analyser

2003-07-26 Thread Ken Javor
I presented a paper on that very subject about a decade ago at one of the EMC TD magazine EMC symposia. I used a Fluke Scopemeter and some FFT software that came with it. The Fluke interfaced to the PC through an optically isolated RS-232 protocol. It worked quite well from a pre-compliance or

Q on Correlation of Votage ripple with a Spectrum Analyser

2003-07-26 Thread Charles Grasso
Hi All, Has anyone tried correlating the voltage ripple as seen on a scope with the amplitudes measured on a Spectrum Analyser? I tried doing that the other day with ..umm. minimal success. I think that due to the comples convoltions that would have to occur when FFT'ing an irregular voltage

pulse modulation in reverb chambers

2003-07-26 Thread Ken Javor
List members, What is the limitation on minimum pulse width in reverberation chambers? I expect it relates to room size, but does anyone have either a functional relation or a rough order of magnitude? Light travels 300 meters per microsecond, so I would think a 1 microsecond pulse width would

Re: self blinking LEDs as EMI sources WAS: LED lamps

2003-07-26 Thread Ken Javor
You are making the same argument Mr. Woodgate did, but adding another mechanism for creating the rf emission. Note that I did not offer an explanation of the source of an rf emission, I simply postulated its existence. Then I stated my point of departure from Mr. Woodgate's analysis, which was

Re: self blinking LEDs as EMI sources WAS: LED lamps

2003-07-26 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Ken Javor ken.ja...@emccompliance.com wrote (in bb480cc1.366c%ken.ja...@emccompliance.com) about 'self blinking LEDs as EMI sources WAS: LED lamps' on Sat, 26 Jul 2003: I agree with most of Mr. Woodgate's commentary, but I wonder if the presence of even an rf emission

Re: self blinking LEDs as EMI sources WAS: LED lamps

2003-07-26 Thread Cortland Richmond
Ken Javor wrote: ... but I wonder if the presence of even an rf emission (as contrasted to 50 Hz) should cause any problem to a land-line phone with a wired handset. It wouldn't seem likely that the power available from a couple AA batteries would be sufficient for that. Now if it were a

Re: self blinking LEDs as EMI sources WAS: LED lamps

2003-07-26 Thread Ken Javor
I agree with most of Mr. Woodgate's commentary, but I wonder if the presence of even an rf emission (as contrasted to 50 Hz) should cause any problem to a land-line phone with a wired handset. It wouldn't seem likely that the power available from a couple AA batteries would be sufficient for

Re: self blinking LEDs as EMI sources WAS: LED lamps

2003-07-26 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Wan Juang Foo f...@np.edu.sg wrote (in of7340f59a.f0a87124-on48256d6f.000df921-48256d6f.0013d...@np.edu.sg) about 'self blinking LEDs as EMI sources WAS: LED lamps' on Sat, 26 Jul 2003: These circuits were found to (well at any rate, seems to) emit interference that

self blinking LEDs as EMI sources WAS: LED lamps

2003-07-26 Thread Wan Juang Foo
Dear All, I observe recently that some self blinking (and color changing) LEDs 'are' what seem to be a substantial emitters of radiated emission/interference. These LEDs are rigged up by hobbyists as decorative illuminators and acts more or less like the blinking lights for Christmas trees. I