Hello Duncan, Although I don't have an answer, you might also want to post this at the NEBS WEB Group. It is located at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nebsweb Somebody there may be able to assist you as they all deal with NEBS issues. This was formally the NEBS Forum on IEEE but was migrated to a Yahoo group in September. Good Luck, Jim Jim Wiese NEBS Project Manager/Senior Compliance Engineer ADTRAN, INC. 901 Explorer Blvd. P.O. Box 140000 Huntsville, AL 35814-4000 256-963-8431 256-963-8250 fax jim.wi...@adtran.com From: Duncan Hobbs [mailto:duncan_ho...@xyratex.com] Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 3:46 AM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: NEBS Compliance of Single ATCA card Group, One division of our company is looking to design an ATCA card that is designed to be installed in telco applications, although not directly connected to a telco network. The card is to be sold as a single card for systems integrators and therefore requires a chassis or frame to be able to work. The card is intended for use in ATCA applications and because of its close proximity to telco applications it is highly likely that our customers will expect some level of NEBS compliance. Has anyone in the group had experience of designing a NEBS compliant ATCA card, and If so do you have any advice or design pointers. Also as far as I understand, NEBS is a systems level standard so our single ATCA card cannot comply with NEBS in its own right. Is this correct? >From a quick scan of the internet, It appears that most card manufacturers claim to meet NEBS on single cards, one can only assume that they have conducted tests relevant to the card i.e. they test to ensure that the card would not fail NEBS when installed. Either that or they have tested the card in a NEBS compliant chassis. Our plan is to specify and design the card to meet the relevant NEBS requirements and to do basic tests. We would then work with any systems integrator to provide support for the card for the NEBS testing of their complete system (in which they have fitted our card). The claim would be that the ATCA card was 'designed to comply' as we would not have tested the final system. Are there any ATCA card manufacturers or systems integrators who may be able to comment on what they would design for or look for when purchasing such a card? Any comments or guidance would be grately appreciated. Regards, Duncan. Duncan Hobbs, Senior Compliance Engineer Product Compliance Laboratory Xyratex Technology Ltd. Havant, Hampshire, U.K. PO9 1SA tel: 02392 496444 fax: 02392 496014 duncan_ho...@xyratex.com This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net 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://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net 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://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
