For non-technical people ... in other words KISS. >EMC is two things:
I respectfully disagree. Here's what I'd say. Take it as you wish. EMC or Electromagnetic Compatibility is the products ability to pass a variety of electromagnetic product testing requirements demanded by different countries or customers. The requirements may vary greatly from country to country. These requirements may involve electromagnetic emission that the product produces internally, or in addition may involve exposing the product to a variety of aggressive extrenal electromagnetic environments. It is important to note that the compatibility of a product to testing is completely dependent upon the construction and performance of the product at the time of the testing. Any change to construction or performance after testing may compromise the products compatibility with those tests. >If two pieces of equipment can operate in the same Electromagnetic >Environment (EME) without degradation in the performance or function of >either, they are said to be mutually Electromagnetically Compatible. Okay, I'll go along with that, although my amateur legal hat bugs me to add "for that specific EME ." Regards, Doug McKean _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus 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 Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
