Patrick,
Put me down as an MU abolitionist.
I don’t see it adding any value, just workload and cost.
I’d like to see it gone completely
Yes I know others don’t agree, such is life.
Derek Sent from my iPhone On Jul 14, 2023, at 3:30 AM, Patrick <conwa...@gmail.com> wrote:
I've been busy last couple of days and only now seeing the additional convo around measurement uncertainty(MU). I like the comments. Most folks appear to be either agnostic or in support of MU for use as a quality and confidence builder. I notice there are no MU-deniers??
Ok, I'll break the ice..., I think MU is a waste. It wastes a labs (and engineers) most precious resource: time. I also cannot think of a single customer, internal or external, that was ever willing to pay for this metric. If your experience is different, hit reply-all with an anecdote.
Here's an idea: If customers are willing to pay, then wouldn't they also be willing to pay for any upgrade? Would they pay for a better MU for their product test? Maybe a lab can offer two levels of MU service? Similar to a how a lab offers Data Report(lower cost) vs Accredited Formal Report(full cost)? Maybe call it... 'Certified GMO & MU-free test data'? Hmm, I should trademark that idea.
Another thought... a two question survey for customers. This is for the P&L owner, the one that pays the invoice... #1) Ask if they are willing to pay 10% extra for each dB of uncertainty you remove.
#2) Ask them if lab can ignore MU for their product and give them 10% discount.
Drop the response here in the mail list.
... all in good fun!
As always, I wish all the best for my friends in EMI world !
Patrick.
Quite right. We don't need to
add uncertainty to EMC measurements, because they are
uncertain enough already.😉
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On 2023-07-12 21:17, Elliott Martinson
wrote:
A fun thing to do if you have access to a
semi-anechoic chamber is use lots of duct tape to make sure
absolutely nothing changes between measurements
other than a certain design change--one accepted long ago that
already went into production, which cost $$$ (cable ferrites,
wrapping cables multiple times through ferrites, various black
magic/witchcraft-based ideas)--and end up with evidence that a
pass at a compliance lab years ago was misattributed to an
expensive design change instead of a new test setup. Even all
the duct tape in the world, however, doesn’t bring the
uncertainty to 0.
The standard almost addresses this as
you’re supposed to (as best as I can remember) adjust the
EUT’s position on the turntable relative to the cables, which
are also to be individually adjusted (position/orientation) to
maximize emissions for each frequency “of interest” (along
with mast height if I remember right). Try that with a console
with 20+ cables at even one frequency… with a simplifying
assumption that a cable can either be laid out in state “A” or
state “B”, that’s still over 1 million combinations. Good
thing for the lab techs (and whoever pays the labs’ hourly
rates) to have some “uncertainty” cushion
-Elliott
If I may pile on late, keep in mind that
measurement uncertainty is Plus or Minus (±). Years ago when
I was with a previous company, we had a buy/sell piece of
junk product that we were selling with our company's
brand/name on it. It was audited in Sweden as part of their
surveillance program and it failed by 2dB. The test lab
said they could not say it FAILED because 2dB was within
their measurement uncertainty, so we could continue to ship
and sell this product in Sweden.
Has anyone else ever
experienced this?
Hi
Brian. It's not entirely clear which measurement range
you are asking about, but I'll assume conducted
emissions in the range of 150 kHz to 30 MHz.
Short answer: You can skip QP and Avg detection if the
peak detection level is below the Avg detection limit.
No margin is "required" to pass any emissions limit.
Zero dB margin is still passing. That said, measurement
uncertainty in that range is generally 3-4 dB, so having
a passing margin greater than that gives you some
confidence that a re-test at another time and lab will
still pass.
Hope that helps.
respectfully,
Brent DeWitt
Milford, MA
On 7/8/2023 12:38 AM, Brian Gregory
wrote:
A question came up that I can't
answer w/o a copy of Part 47.
Does the FCC report require
Quasi-Peak (QP) data, or just Avg and Peak. When do
peak readings trigger the need to report QP? I'm
pretty sure Part 15 has AVG and QP limits listed.
Next was what sort of margin is
expected in order to pass CE emissions requirements
(CISPR 16 or 32)? Memory serves that one wants 3dB
of margin, but memories can be imperfect!
"Colorado" Brian
720-450-4933
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