Hello Tom,
What kind of products are you testing and where are you discharging
that causes the problems? If the discharge path that causes the
problem is inherent in your design, then it is possible that no PC
that you use will be hardened enough to handle ESD directly to the
serial interface chip.
Ron Fotino
Cabletron Systems
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Subject: EMC Test Equipment
Author: 103333.1...@compuserve.com at !INTERNET
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Date: 5/8/96 1:25 PM
Does anyone know of a particularly rugged, CE approved Personal
Computer for use in 801-2 ESD testing? I keep damaging the serial
interface chips in my current machine (IBM valuepoint 386SX).
By the way, I use a HP 8591EM, Compliance Design antenna set
(3 bicon's), a Compliance Design 16dB preamp, 1-4 meter Compliance
Design mast, and a Solar LISN. My site is located in one corner of a
warehouse, with a 21 foot by 13 foot ground plane installed. My data
compares well with the outside lab, except in the 30 - 40 MHz range. I
also use a set of Com-Power near field probes for breadboard and eng.
model diagnostic testing. We use a Keytek Series 2000 ESD simulator
for 801-2 ESD tests.
Tom Crabtree
103333.1...@compuserve.com
Courtesy of RCIC
http://uc.com/compliance_engineering/
