Contents…

Magazines, clubs and associations
Standards
Hire and second-user EMC test gear
Some other useful sites
Some free EMC (and other) calculators
Functional Safety
EMC design, management and testing consultants
Safety design, management and testing consultants
Test laboratories and testing
EMC and Safety Directives and their lists of harmonised standards
Environmental Directives
Health and Safety Directives
Product Liability Directives

Magazines, clubs and associations

Automotive EMC Network

EMC & Compliance Journal

EMC Test Labs Association (EMCTLA)

IEE EMC Professional Network (open to non-members of the IEE)

IEEE EMC Society

IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society

EMC Industries Association (EMCIA)

Printed Circuit Design and Manufacturing magazine

Compliance Engineering magazine

Conformity magazine

Interference Technology magazine

International Product Safety News

Standards

The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)

The IEC’s EMC Zone

The International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO)

European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)

Cenelec

CEN

British Standards Institute (BSI)

French national standards institute (AFNOR)

Spanish national standards institute (AENOR)

US National Standards Institute (ANSI)

IEEE Standards

UK Defence Standards

US Military Standards
If you know the standard number (e.g. MIL-STD-464) it is usually easier to search for it using Google (http:www.google.com) – this will usually quickly turn up several sites for free downloads.

Automotive EMC Standards

International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Recommendations on EMC

World Standards Services Network (WSSN)

Hire and second-user EMC test gear

Test Equipment Solutions Ltd

GPTE International Ltd

EMC Hire Ltd

M&B Radio

Stewarts of Reading

Leasametric

Livingston

Radiocommunications Agency legacy site

UK National Physical Laboratory

US National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST)

Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) EMC Committee

ARRL EMC Committee (association of US amateur radio operators)

IEE EMC Professional Network

University of Missouri-Rolla EMC Laboratory

Gigatest Labs, Inc. (Eric Bogatin)

High Frequency Measurements Web Page (Doug Smith)

UltraCAD, Inc. (Douglas Brooks)

Signal Consulting, Inc (Howard Johnson)

Xilinx Signal Integrity Centre

US Military Joint Spectrum Centre

UK Department of Trade and Industry, Standards and Technical Regulations Directorate, downloadable documents

CE Marking Information and Service Center

Conformance

Elmac Services Ltd

aCEmark Europe Ltd

Emlib

The IEC’s “EM Zone”

Some free EMC (and other) calculators

Amamogawa
Click on ‘EMC/EMI’, then ‘Java Applets’

University of Missouri-Rolla EMC Laboratory

Hyperlynx (product demonstrator)

UltraCAD Design, Inc.

Printed circuit board trace impedances (PCB transmission lines)

Amamogawa
Click on ‘EMC/EMI’, then ‘Java Applets’

University of Missouri-Rolla EMC Laboratory
Click on ‘PCB Trace Impedance Calculator’

Applied Wave Research

Hyperlynx (product demonstrator)

UltraCAD Design, Inc.'s Calculators
Click on the appropriate link

Shielding effectiveness of enclosures

York University

Amamogawa
Click on ‘EMC/EMI’, then ‘Java Applets’, then ‘Shielding Effectiveness’

Loop inductance

IN3OTD

University of Missouri-Rolla EMC Laboratory
Click on ‘Inductance Calculator’

Functional Safety

IEE Professional Network (open to non-members of the IEE)

IEE list of resources on ‘EMC and Functional Safety’

IEE Professional Guide on ‘EMC and Functional Safety’

EMC design, management and testing consultants

Cherry Clough Consultants Keith Armstrong

Elmac Services Ltd Tim Williams
email: timw@elmac.co.uk

Acemark Europe Ltd Phil Carter
email: phil-carter@acemark.com

Compliance Europe Ltd Dave Imeson
email: dave.imeson@btinternet.com

EMC Compliance Ltd Jim Wood
email: jim.wood@emccompliance.co.uk

RadioCAD Ltd Tim Jarvis
email: t.jarvis@radiocad.co.uk

Richard Marshall Ltd Richard Marshall
email: richard.marshall@iee.org

Montrose Compliance Services, Inc.
email: mmontros@ix.netcom.com

John Whiting (lightning protection)
email: jpwhiting@lineone.net

Safety design, management and testing consultants

Conformance

Test laboratories and testing

EMCTLA

UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service)
For lists of accredited EMC and Safety (and other types of) test laboratories in the UK

Worldwide System for Conformity Testing and Certification of Electrical Equipment (IECEE) Committee of Testing Laboratories – Decision sheets

International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC)

European Organisation for Conformity Assessment

EMC and Safety Directives and their lists of harmonised standards

For all the Directives that might apply directly to products and equipment (managed by the Enterprise Directorate-General), the EC has a useful list from where the texts of the directives and their lists of harmonised standards can be downloaded.

Active Implantable Medical Devices 90/385/EEC amended by 93/68/EEC, 93/42/EEC
Standards
Amending Directive 93/678/EEC
Sometimes called the ‘CE Marking Directive’, although it is not. It amends 87/404/EEC (simple pressure vessels), 88/378/EEC (safety of toys), 89/106/EEC (construction products), 89/336/EEC (electromagnetic compatibility), 89/392/EEC (machinery), 89/686/EEC (personal protective equipment), 90/384/EEC (non-automatic weighing instruments), 90/385/EEC (active implantable medicinal devices), 90/396/EEC (appliances burning gaseous fuels), 91/263/EEC (telecommunications terminal equipment), 92/42/EEC (new hot-water boilers fired with liquid or gaseous fuels) and 73/23/EEC (electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits, usually called ‘the LVD’).

Automotive EMC (1st Edition) 95/54/EC
In the section “Search by document number” enter the Year (1995) and the Number (54) and click on the button for “Directive” then click on the magnifying glass symbol. Alternatively, visit the Automotive website.

Automotive EMC (2nd Edition) 2004/104/EC
In the section “Search by document number” enter the Year (2004) and the Number (104) and click on the button for “Directive” then click on the magnifying glass symbol. Alternatively, visit the Automotive website.

Construction Products 89/106/EEC amended by 93/68/EEC
Standards

EMC (1st Edition) 89/336/EEC amended by 92/31/EEC and 93/68/EEC
EMC (2nd Edition) 2004/108/EC
Standards

Explosive Atmospheres (ATEX) 94/9/EEC
Standards

General Product Safety 2001/95/EC
Standards

In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices 98/79/EC
Standards

Lifts 95/16/EC
Standards

Low Voltage Equipment Safety 73/23/EEC amended by 93/68/EEC
Standards

Machinery Safety 98/37/EC
Standards

Marine Equipment 96/98/EC

Measuring Instruments 2004/22/EC

Medical Devices 93/42/EEC amended by 98/79/EC
Standards

Non-Automatic Weighing Instruments 90/384/EEC amended by 93/68/EEC
T type in the Year (1990) and the Number (384), then click on the ‘Directive’ button and then on the little magnifying glass symbol.
Standards

Personal Protective Equipment 89/686/EEC amended by 93/68/EEC, 93/95/EEC, 96/58/EC
Standards

Pressure Equipment 97/23/EC
Standards

Recreational Craft 2003/44/EC amending 94/25/EC
Standards

Radio & Telecommunication Terminal Equipment (R&TTE) 99/5/EC
Standards

Simple Pressure Vessels 87/404/EEC amended by 90/488/EEC
Standards

Toy Safety 88/378/EEC
Standards

Environmental Directives

The EU’s Environment Website is a useful point of reference

Batteries and Accumulators 91/157/EEC amended by 93/86/EEC, 98/101/EEC

Packaging Waste 94/62/EC amended by 2004/12/EC
Standards

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) 2002/96/EC
amended by 2003/108/EC

Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) 2002/95/EC
UK government report: Possible Compliance Approaches for Directive 2002/95/EC

Energy-using Products (EuP) (draft)

Health and Safety Directives

Electromagnetic Fields 2004/40/EC

Noise at Work 2003/10/EC

The homepage for EU Occupational Health and Safety
lists the following additional directives…

• Safety and/or health signs
• Construction sites
• The provision of the first aid in enterprises
• Occupational health and safety requirements for specific areas of activity
• Selection and use of personal protective equipment
• Use of work equipment
• Exposure to asbestos
• Carcinogenic and mutagenic substances
• Biological risk factors
• List of occupational diseases
• Exposure to lead and its ionic components
• Display screen equipment
• Procedure for training and in-service training regarding occupational health and safety
• Pregnant and breastfeeding women
• Manual handling of loads
• Hazardous chemicals and materials containing them
• Fishing vessels
• Occupational exposure limits
• Personal protective equipment, procedure for conformity assessment and attestation
• The procedure of health examination of workers
• Registration, notification and investigation of occupational accidents and occupational diseases
• Working in potentially explosive atmospheres

Product Liability Directives

Product Liability 85/374/EEC amended by 99/34/EC