Doug - we posted within a half-hour it seems. ;)

Actually the designers I worked-with liked the idea that the chips they 
bought were tested, at least in some way, against the same standard the 
end-product faced.  I guess I would regard it as "better than nothing" 
information.

Granted, it can be very misleading to claim a component can meet an EMC 
standard.  However, that is a very useful approach for safety, a whole 
'nother topic.

I will make one last point. [I hear cheers?]  Some designers, especially 
those that struggled to pass a test you now deem unduely difficult, do not 
always greet that news ("we overtested it") in a positive manner.  [Long 
story on the matter withheld.]

Best Regards,
Eric Lifsey
e.lif...@ieee.org
http://ewh.ieee.org/r6/utah/

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