Doug,
Not an answer to your question but a piece of history you reminded me about. Back in my days at UL Melville there was a project to automate some of the basic tests for home entertainment and ITE such as inrush, input current, dielectric, leakage, and to some degree temperature testing. This was back in the early 80s mind you. I think the thought was to run everything through this basic set of tests up front like a production line and then the more labor intensive tests that could not be automated easily would be done by the techs depending on the type of equipment and type of testing needed. This was back in the days of lab backlogs measured in months so there was a lot of product running through the lab. Don’t know how far or for how long that kept going as I left UL when that project was just getting going full bore. I did have the opportunity to run a few of my products through that line. ______________________________________________________ Dan Roman, N.C.E. Senior Member IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society mailto:dan.ro...@ieee.org From: Doug Powell [mailto:doug...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2017 12:30 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: [PSES] Safety Testing Sotware All, Am aware of several EMC testing software packages available. Today, I am curious to know if you use automated software for safety type testing (engineering tests). I am also aware of solutions intended for high volume production line testing. From my experience it seems that the most valuable software tools for safety type testing are available with the instrument, Excel VBA scripting, Labview or an in-house compiled solution. I have used Benchlink from HP/Agilent/Keysight and if a custom application is needed with several instruments then I've used Excel or Labview. What has been your experience? Thanks! -- Douglas E Powell doug...@gmail.com <mailto:doug...@gmail.com> http://www.linkedin.com/in/dougp01 - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org <mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org> > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) <http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html> List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <sdoug...@ieee.org <mailto:sdoug...@ieee.org> > Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org <mailto:mcantw...@ieee.org> > For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher <j.bac...@ieee.org <mailto:j.bac...@ieee.org> > David Heald <dhe...@gmail.com <mailto:dhe...@gmail.com> > - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <sdoug...@ieee.org> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com>
