I have to disagree with the statement "Only a few enlightened companies build in safety and EMC from Day 1 of the design phase."
Many companies rely on already qualified devices for safety and to some extent EMC. As such much of the safety EMC considerations are built in form the start (notwithstanding the end system must pass). I believe a more accurate statement would be something like: "Well run companies with good life cycle planning, incorporating techniques, and oversight of regulatory design will lead to added value for the customer". From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of Pettit, Ghery Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 9:14 AM To: John Woodgate; Richards, Carl Cc: Ken Javor; EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: RE: FCC Immunity Requirements No, the EMC and safety guys are told to make it pass, but don't change anything. :-) From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of John Woodgate Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 9:08 AM To: Richards, Carl Cc: Ken Javor; EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: FCC Immunity Requirements In message <e1e443d9fa97c74d8cd610a12f276e6095d...@asp1exch2.aspect.com>, dated Fri, 2 May 2008, "Richards, Carl" <carl.richa...@aspect.com> writes: >only the very poorest newcomer (poorest in the sense of piss poor >planning) would embark upon the design of a product and then discover >that it?s product failed to meet the regs during the testing phase. Pardon? This is standard industry practice. It shouldn't be, but it is. The design is 'finished' and THEN the safety and EMC experts get to re-design it for compliance at huge cost and very damaging delay. Only a few enlightened companies build in safety and EMC from Day 1 of the design phase. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk Murphy's Law has now been officially re-named The Certainty Principle John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK - 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/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org David Heald: emc-p...@daveheald.com 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/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org David Heald: emc-p...@daveheald.com 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/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org David Heald: emc-p...@daveheald.com All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc