Automotive Standards Development 2014 Recap

Today, Elite's EMC Lab Manager Craig Fanning fills us in on what's been brewing in Automotive and Military standards so far this year. As a featured speaker at this year's ROACH Conference in Seattle, he presented a “Review of Automotive Standards Utilizing Reverberation” and participated in the “Emerging Technologies in EMI/EMC testing” panel discussion.  He also attended several other meeting concerning EMC standards this spring and was kind enough to pass along some notes and a couple snapshots  Read below to see what he has for us this week.

Automotive standards development at the North American and International levels continues to be hectic in 2014. The SAE EMC committees had a meeting in January of 2014 and will be having another in April. At the international level, CISPR/D WG1, CISPR/D WG2 and ISO/TC22/SC3/WG3 had their first of two meetings scheduled for 2014 in February. 

 

Craig at the IEEE EMC Society Seattle sponsored ROACH meeting

Experts from eight countries convened at the ETS Lindgren facility in Cedar Park, Texas to continue work on the CISPR 12, CISPR 25, ISO 11451-xx, ISO 11452-xx, and ISO 7637-x standards. ETS Lindgren was kind enough to host the meetings per the request of the CISPR and ISO USTAG Delegates. The meetings were a great success and a lot of progress was made towards next revisions of the subject standards. The CISPR/D and ISO committees greatly appreciated the support of ETS Lindgren and their staff again for the meetings. The next international level meetings for these standards groups will be held in Frankfurt, Germany in October 2014.

  

The  Chapter hosted the Reverberation Chamber, Open Area Test Site and Anechoic Chamber (ROACH) Users Group meeting in Seattle, Washington in March 2014. The ROACH meetings are a “think tank” for key players in the EMC industry. Standards updates and new technologies regarding reverberation chamber, anechoic chamber and TEM cell testing were presented. This meeting drew experts from around the world. The experts were there to make presentations and were also available for sidebar discussions. This meeting was a great opportunity for people in the EMC industry to talk “shop” with others in the industry. Pat Hall and I had a great time both during and after the formal meetings. Take a look at that pile of Pacific coast seafood… 

Pacific Seafood Feast for the Sake of Science!

Do you have any questions about EMC Standard Changes, Testing in Reverberation Chambers, or other related topics? Please share your comments or questions below and this week's expert, Craig Fanning, will get back to you as soon as possible.

Hidden Gems on the Web: Killer EMC Resources

Okay let's be honest, we all find ourselves drawn to web resources like Wikipedia and YouTube because it's just so easy to find what you need. No doubt, these and other websites help us be more productive at our jobs with quick answers and explanations to basic technical questions and interests.  But what if you need more detailed and trustworthy information? 

Here at Elite, we regularly connect with several government and private web sites and want to make sure our customers have access to the best ones. On the Elite website, we've posted several helpful links to build your knowledge database and be confident in the information you use. Three of our favorite sites include...

• "Quick Assist" website- Provides military standards and handbook
• "FCC OET" website- Connects you with the FCC OET Knowledge Data Base
• "Europa" website- Supplies European Union CE Marking information