AutoEMC Newsletter No.18: June 2007
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Automotive and EMC Conferences
IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium 2007
12 - 15 June 2007, Hilton Hotel, Istanbul, Turkey with workshops will take place on June 12, 2007 in the Gumussuyu, Taksim campus of Istanbul Technical University, within walking distance of the symposium venue.
http://www.iv2007.itu.edu.tr/workshop.php
Workshop
EMC Europe
14 – 15 June 2007, Paris, France
http://emcworkshop.univ-lille1.fr
26 - 29 June 2007, St Petersburg, Russia
http://www.eltech.ru/emc/index.htm
3rd IET Conference on Automotive Electronics
28 - 29 June 2007, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
http://conferences.iee.org/autoelec/
IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Soc. UKRI Chapter
50th
Anniversary Event at
http://www.ieee.org.uk/emc.html
CST Microwave Workshop
The next CST workshop will take place in London on the 26th of June. This all day event is free of charge
http://www.cst.com/Content/Events/Details.aspx?eventId=680
The
Institution of Engineering and Technology 2007 Midland Viscount Nuffield Lecture
Morgan
Sports Cars: Making a Successful Family Business, on 28 June 2007 at
http://www.theiet.org/events/nuffield/
Automotive EMC 2007: Navigating Automotive Compliance
Synopses are in for the conference and the preparation of the programme is currently underway. Further details will be posted on the website during August for the conference on 16th October.
www.autoemc.net/Conference/2007
Standards
ESDA
Releases Revised Standard for ESD Control Programs
The ESD Association (ESDA) has released a
revised version of its standard covering the design and implementation of an ESD
control program (ANSI/ESD S20/20-2007). This article from Conformity
covers the release in more detail;
http://www.conformity.com/newsman/publish/article_507.shtml
CISPR 12 Released for EM Disturbances from Vehicle Mounted Electronics
CISPR 12 – Ed. 6.0 still entitled “Vehicles, boats, and internal combustion engines – Radio disturbance characteristics – Limits and methods of measurement of off-board receivers.” Limited to an upper frequency of 1GHz still and over the same measurement distances and positions, it's difficult to see what exactly has changed since the 2001 release?
http://domino.iec.ch/webstore/webstore.nsf/artnum/038010
CISPR-16 Updates Released
With the release of CISPR/TR 16-4-1-am2 – Ed. 01 in April entitled “Specification for radio disturbance and immunity measuring apparatus and methods – Part 4-1: Uncertainties, statistics, and limit modeling – Uncertainties in standardized EMC tests. Available to purchase from the IEC;
http://domino.iec.ch/webstore/webstore.nsf/artnum/031863
EMC Test
Interference Technology 2007 EMC Directory and Design Guide
The US industry’s premier EMC publication, available in paper form for US readers and eGuide digital edition for everyone else.
http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/item/emcguide07/index.php
Power
Engineers Guide to EU EMC Directive
Available
free to download and in PDF form, this guide from fluke looks at how the power
engineer might approach recent changes to the EU EMC Directive.
Intertek
Acquire ASTA-BEAB Certification Services
Consolidation
continues apace with the acquisition of
http://www.intertek.com/newsroom/latestnews/IntertekAcquiresASTABEAB/?lang=en
Design
Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL): The Next Best Thing?
It's getting so common these days that the articles no longer even bother expanding the acronym. Is HIL the next best ting or another passing fad that will have it's heyday then fade into the sunset? This areticle in automotive design line clearly has a HIL bias, but gives a good background to the topic.
http://www.automotivedesignline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199500231
Active Safety Systems Lower the Value of Used Vehicles
This was the surprising headline from IVsource, however, as that's a pay-to-view channel it's not easy to determine if this is factual or not. Certainly a EU study (available free using the link below) shows a general apathy towards safety systems beyond the "essential" and even here these are expected as standard fit (not extras). Could this be a turning point for the less intuitive and to some extent unproven as safety features, such as lane departure warnings (some see this as being a method of continuing to drive when tired?).
42V Refusing to go Quietly
Is this the technology that never was still going around the houses? It appears there are still some advocates of 42V out there, although systems installed appear to have stalled in 2002 and in some places retreated? Those who are still wondering when this might happen can find an update in this Automotive Design Line article.
http://www.automotivedesignline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199201615
Miscellaneous
Website Sponsorship 2007-2013
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