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/ ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: davehe...@attbi.com For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"