Hello Andrea; BABT application 48, "Recommendations for Terminal Equipment for use inside a Host Equipment" may shed some light on this topic...I have never run a PCMCIA card through the approvals process, but I believe this may help address some or your questions (excluding your heat concern). I would be glad to fax a copy of it to you. Regarding your second question, I believe you would need to test your notebook to IEC 950. My little HP 48G calculator has even been tested to EN 60950 (it states that inside the front cover of the users manual).
Just my $.02, Mel Pedersen Midcom, Inc. Homologations Engineer Fax: (605) 886-6752 mpeder...@midcom.anza.com Phone: (605) 882-8535 ---------- From: Andreas Thomas[SMTP:andre...@toshiba-teg.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 1997 5:23 AM To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Safety / Notebooks Dear Compliance Colleagues: I like to hear your opinion regarding following questions: 1) PCMCIA-cards *Have someone ever heard about safety problems (e.g. heat) caused by PCMCIA-cards? *Have someone a good idea how to prepare a warning in the operator's manual that the manufacturer of the notebook could not guarantee safety aspects for the PCMCIA-cards manufactured from other companies which are used with his notebook ? *Do someone know, if the manufacturers of PCMCIA-cards perform tests with different notebooks regarding safety aspects ? *Do test facilities which are going to perform tests according to IEC950/EN60950 perform safety tests with cards in all slots of the notebook ? 2) IEC950/EN60950 for notebooks I like to hear your opinion if battery powered notebooks (<30V) with external ac-adapters should also be tested according to IEC950/EN60950 or only the ac-adapter itself. Thanks in advance for your comments ! Andreas Thomas Toshiba Europe GmbH andre...@toshiba-teg.com
