RE: Firewire (IEEE-1394), EMC Stories?

1998-06-18 Thread kbj
Just a few EMC "stories" about firewire. We use an 10m long firewire between two parts of one of our products. The female connectors had to be improved for ground connection by small metal "clips" which both reduced HF emission and improved immunity for fast transient according to EN 6100

Re: Firewire (IEEE-1394), EMC Stories?

1998-06-18 Thread Cortland Richmond
Eric, Wen I worked in computers, I connected all shields to the chassis. If they want a high quality, non-resonant capacitor, I would use a planar design on the chassis wall. But then you have to observe current limiting as there is a safety issue, and as for ESD ... ! Add some ESD suppression to