Alex,
I have just taken one of our products along this route.
To answer your questions, yes you are right in your general
conclusion, but I would make the following comments;
1. While all these countries standards have CISPR 22 as their parentage,
it is best to make sure that your test house references all the National
standards numbers in their reports.
2. An IEC CB report will maximise your international coverage, but for the
US and Canada your report needs to reference the common standard UL/CSA
60950, and if I understood a recent thread on this forum correctly, you need
to have your safety test and assessment carried out by an NRTL. Again, the
common parentage of the standards make a one-stop assessment fairly
straightforward. The only issue is that the IEC report needs to be in the
prescribed format for the CB scheme, and you have to pay extra to BEAB to
ratify the report.
3. I believe that you will need to conform to the relevant Ethernet or USB
protocols for your device to work universally with these interfaces. There
are certainly standards for USB 1.0 and 2.0, presumably also similar for
Ethernet.
Best regards,
Neil R. Barker
Compliance Engineering Manager
e2v technologies ltd
Waterhouse Lane
Chelmsford
Essex
CM1 2QU
U.K.
Tel: +44 (01245) 453616
Fax: +44 (01245) 453410
E-mail: neil.bar...@e2vtechnologies.com
-Original Message-
From: Alex McNeil [mailto:alex.mcn...@ingenicofortronic.com]
Sent: 10 September 2003 15:20
To: 'EMC-PSTC (E-mail)'
Subject: ITE Approvals Matrix (for small low power products)
Hi Group,
May I first of all thank all of you who contributed to my
query. As always I
got a very comprehensive response from obviously a very
experienced and
talented bunch. I have also contributed more information through other
sources. I have to admit that I did not realise the
complexity of getting,
what looks like a simple ITE product, Approved for worldwide useage.
I have attached the Matrix, duly modified. There are still a
few oustanding
items and it is never too late for someone to try and provide more
information. I feel this document will require several modifications,
including a back-up text to further explain the applicable
standards dates,
before it is considered complete but lets see what
transpires. If you have
any disagreements with the updated Matrix, please feel free
to contact me.
Eventually, I am sure the Matrix will help many members of this group.
Further Questions
1. It seems it would be better to have the products tested
against CISPR22
Class B as this would cover all the countries, particularly
the ones listed
on this Matrix, one stop test and fee (Countries are Self
Declaration or
Verification)?
2. Similarly, it would seem that it would be better to have
the products
tested against IEC60950 with the Country deviations and
obtain a CB Report,
as this would cover all the countries, particularly the ones
listed on this
Matrix, one stop test and fee! For USA/Canada I could use
this CB Report to
help gain UL/CSA 60950?
3. No Ethernet nor USB standards to meet (Regulatory or
non-Regulatory)?
Notes:
I decided to leave out the various dates from the Matrix so
that I could
simplify it for my Quality Group (I will have the information
and it will be
myself who will need to get the Approvals actioned anyhow!).
Kind Regards
Alex McNeil
Principal Engineer
Tel: +44 (0)131 479 8375
Fax: +44 (0)131 479 8321
email: alex.mcn...@ingenicofortronic.com
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