Despite thousands of consumer complaints and accident records describing instances of sudden, unintended acceleration over a period of several years, Toyota said it remained confident that the problems were not related to electronic malfunction, instead attributing them to driver error and floor mat slippage. However, Japanese documents translated earlier this year to English … [Read more...]
Beer Fridge Disrupts Mobile Networks in Australia
Technicians from Australian mobile service provider Telstra track interference to a defective beer fridge using handheld antennas and a new “software robot.” An Australian man’s defective beer fridge is being blamed for mobile network disruptions in several nearby neighborhoods. Technicians from mobile service provider Telstra determined that the motor of a beer fridge located … [Read more...]
Apples and Oranges … If Only!
Military use of commercial equipment has grown exponentially over the last decade; and not just in the area of whole equipment, which is easy to see. The use of commercial components and subassemblies within systems has grown as well, so that parts of what look like a full military development effort are actually commercial items. What’s an DoD EMC engineer to do? I wish … [Read more...]
Update to IEC 60384-14: Fixed Capacitors for EMI Suppression and Connection to the Supply Mains
From the International Electrotechnical Commission webstore: “IEC 60384-14:2013 [Fixed capacitors for use in electronic equipment - Part 14: Sectional specification - Fixed capacitors for electromagnetic interference suppression and connection to the supply mains] applies to capacitors and resistor-capacitor combinations that will be connected to an a.c. mains or other supply … [Read more...]
Satellite Channel Test, Simulation and Measurement Software Released
GL Communications, a provider of PC-based test, analysis and simulation products and consulting services for the telecommunications industry, has announced its new satellite channel test, simulation and measurement software. Ideal applications for the new software include “testing GSM backhaul over satellite, BER testing across all satellite gateway interfaces, satellite delay … [Read more...]
EMC Test Chamber Opens in England
Specialist vehicle conversion company MacNeillie has announced its new semi-anechoic electromagnetic compatibility test chamber in the West Midlands, England, has officially opened. MacNeillie, which announced the news at the Blue & Amber Light Fleet Exhibition in Teleford earlier this week, has reportedly invested around £500,000 in the construction of its new EMC test … [Read more...]
Stanford Professor Awarded Shaw Prize for Mathematical Statistics
Professor David L. Donoho of Stanford University in California has been awarded the Shaw Prize for mathematical sciences for his work developing algorithms to reduce interference gathered by audio signals. Given by the Hong Kong-based Shaw Prize Foundation, the prize honors recent achievements made by researchers in the fields of astronomy, life science and medicine, and … [Read more...]
Spectrum Analyzer Solves Complex Interference Problems
GAO Comm Inc., a supplier of optical and electrical equipment and test instruments, has released a portable high performance spectrum analyzer for 2G/3G/4G, Wi-Fi and radio and television signal testing. According to the company, the model A0070007 handheld spectrum analyzer combines “the functionalities of 100 kHz to 3GHz spectrum analyzer, wireless communication signal power … [Read more...]
Wi-Fi Signals May Stunt Plant Growth, Study Suggests
A science experiment completed by a group of ninth graders in Denmark is gaining worldwide interest from biologists and radiation experts, and may lead to a change in how we view wireless devices in the home. Five girls—Lea Nielsen, Mathilde Nielsen, Signe Nielsen, Sisse Coltau and Rikke Holm—from Hjallerup School in North Jutland, Denmark, began the experiment after … [Read more...]
Light Rail to Affect University Research Facilities
Officials at the University of Colorado have asked the Regional Transportation District (RTD) to revise plans for a new light rail installation near the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colo. in order to protect sensitive equipment in the medical and research facilities on campus from vibrations and electromagnetic interference. In a letter to the RTD, University of Colorado … [Read more...]
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