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| Tips for searching: > On many sites, search features are weak--they fail to find common standards. If your search comes up empty, try using only part of the search criteria (e.g. EN60950 not found, but is found if a only "60950" is used--or if a space is used between the N and 6!). > To search for words on a page, use browser features such as "Edit > Find on page." Notes on Links: > Most of these links will open a separate browser window to counter sites that disable the back button. > Quoted text is directly from the website. > Comments are welcome. |
| Site Subject/Name | Description |
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CE-Marking
QNet LLC |
Minnesota based consulting firm specializing in European Union requirements.
QualityMgr recommends the article on "EU CE Marking Enforcement." Link to article.. |
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CE-Marking
Euroconform |
This site offers "ABC's of CE Marking." What do you think? |
| Compliance Engineering Magazine | Compliance Engineering Magazine has articles on EMC and safety for a variety of products. |
| Conformity Magazine | "Conformity is a monthly newsmagazine bringing you the latest
news and current trends in the testing and certification of electrical products.
Direct and to the point, we focus on the world-wide regulatory issues of EMC, EMI, Product Safety, Telecom, Semi S2 and medical device approvals."
QualityMgr's comment: If you have a slow/dialup internet connection, watch out for large downloads (>3 Megabytes) for small articles. |
| Don Lancaster's "Guru's Lair" | QualityMgr's comment: This site is not a typical regulatory engineering site. It has a wealth of publications and resources that are relevant. For example, Don has written excellent tutorials on the difficulty and misconceptions of measuring power. |
| Connectors (Amp/Tyco) | QualityMgr's comment: Connectors are usually critical components for product safety. This well organized site has datasheets and other information on Amp brand connectors. Dialup users note: Home page has large file flash animation. |
| Connectors (Molex, Inc.) |
Technical information on Molex connectors.
QualityMgr's comment: Connectors are usually critical components for product safety. Good resource, however your browser "back" button becomes a "stay here" button. |
| EMI--Useful Tables |
Tables and formulae for: Decibels, capacitor self-resonance, electric field levels, frequency-wavelength skin depth, etc.
(courtesy of Kimmel Gerke Associates, Ltd.) |
| Evaluation Engineering Magazine | General test engineering with some articles on regulatory engineering.
QualityMgr's Note: Will not work on Internet Explorer version 5 without full encryption (see Home QualityMgr Home Page for help). |
| FCC Search Engine | Good starting point for finding the actual FCC regulations. The FCC does not charge for them, unlike some other "regulators." |
| IEEE Society | The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers--Index of societies within IEEE. |
| IEEE EMC Society | This division of the IEEE covers electromagnetic compatibility issues. |
| IEEE Product Safety | IEEE focus on safety for the regulatory professional. |
| Power Design Handbook--Kepco, Inc. |
Power Supply Design Application Handbook courtesy of Kepco, Inc.
QualityMgr's comment: Excellent site! Lots of information on power supply theory and design. |
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Power Supply Design- SMPS Technology |
"Power supply circuit design problems, solutions, tutorials, tips, and resources.
A website about power supply design for power supply designers."
QualityMgr's comment: Excellent! This site has has good information and interesting links. |
| Safety Newsletter | The Newsletter Devoted To Electrical Product Safety Compliance, brought to
you by International Product Safety News.
QualityMgr's comment: Core site now requires membership, but useful information is still available via the links on this page. |
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Standards--Telecom
Telcordia Technologies |
"The company now known as Telcordia Technologies was created during the divestiture of the
Bell System in 1984 to serve the Bell operating companies by providing a center
for technological expertise and innovation." This web page deals with network equipment testing (NEBS).
QualityMgr's comments: This company was known as Bellcore, and they were a leader in industry standards publishing. The search engine is disappointing (e.g. "EN60950" is not found), but the site is included here because of the company's huge presence in the industry. |
| Temperature Sensors | "An information repository on devices that measure temperature."
QualityMgr's comment: Includes some theory and many vendor links. Attention dialup users-large file Flash download on home page. |
| Test & Measurement World Magazine | "Test & Measurement World. The magazine for quality in electronics."
QualityMgr's comment: Fairly extensive free archive. |
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Wire
Belden Wire and Cable |
This link to whitepapers on multiple
topics, including "how wire fails". QualityMgr's comment: The "Cable College" has a link to technical papers, but is poorly organized--there is a "test" but no structure to study for it. |
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