December 16, 2009
Bill Stumpf, D.L.S. Site Manager,
Helps Write New Standards
Bill Stumpf, D.L.S. Site Manager
The role of ANSI Accredited Standards Committee C63® - EMC is to develop definitions and methods of measurement of electromagnetic noise and signal strengths, determine levels of signal strength, levels of unwanted sources, limiting ratio of noise (and/or unwanted sources) to signals, and develop methods of control of, and guidelines for influence, coupling and immunity. There are currently twenty C63 standards developed by this committee or currently in development or re-issue. Bill is an active volunteer on Sub-Committees SC-1 Techniques & Development, SC-6 Accreditation/Conformity Assessment, and SC-8 Medical Device EMC Test Methods. Development of C63.10 is being done by members of SC-1.
Work on the C63.10 standard began in 2006. The C63.10 standard is intended to consolidate and develop procedures for testing the compliance of a wide variety of unlicensed wireless devices. Until now, the test procedures were scattered about in different FCC publications, application notes, and guidance documents, which has caused confusion regarding the testing of devices and inconsistent test results. The first edition of this standard is slated for publication later this year.
November 20, 2009
D.L.S. Names Mitch Gaudyn
Conformity Assessment Manager
D.L.S. Electronic Systems, Inc. in Wheeling, IL names Mitch Gaudyn Manager of their Conformity Assessment Compliance Testing Group.
Mr. Gaudyn will oversee the day-to-day operations and management of the Product Safety testing arm of D.L.S., covering UL, CSA, CE, CCC, C Tick, BSMI and other global testing standards and requirements. Mr. Gaudyn comes from Charles Industries, where he has been the Product Manager for OSP Telecom and Other Electronic Products. For more information on D.L.S. and their global testing programs, go to www.dlsemc.com or call 847-537-6400.
May 19, 2009
Free Evaluation for New Medical Standard
D.L.S. Conformity Assessment, Inc. offers compliance testing to the new IEC/EN 60601 Third Edition Medical Device Standard scheduled to go into effect September 2009. To ensure your products are compliant to the new requirements, contact D.L.S. today at 847-537-6400 for a free evaluation.
March 31, 2009
D.L.S. Electronic Systems in Wheeling, IL is Now
an Authorized iNARTE Testing Center
D.L.S. Electronic Systems, Inc. is proud to announce that it has met the requirements of the International Association for Radio, Telecommunications and Electromagnetics, Inc. and is declared to be an authorized testing center for iNARTE. An authorized test center is a facility which meets the iNARTE guidelines to offer exams to FCC commercial license applicants, as well as to professional engineers who want to become iNARTE certified.
D.L.S. will be giving the exams at 8am on Saturday, May 16, 2009 at their facility at 1250 Peterson, Wheeling, IL 60090. Registration must be completed online at www.narte.org by Friday, May 1, 2009 and fees must be paid directly to NARTE. Seating is limited, so please register early.
For more information, please contact Brian Mattson at 847-537-6400 or email him.
February 10, 2009
Lightning and HIRF Update
D.L.S. Electronic Systems, Inc., a testing laboratory in Wheeling, IL, has added to their already extensive Lightning and High Intensity Radiated Fields (HIRF) testing capabilities. They can perform all indirect lightning effects testing for the commercial aviation industry under the recently updated standard RTCA-DO-160F and for the military and defense marketplace's recently updated standard MIL-STD-461F. D.L.S. has also increased HIRF testing capabilities to 2000 V/M (volts per meter) pulsed up to 18 GHZ (Gigahertz). This is in addition to the 200 V/M continuous wave (CW) susceptibility testing normally done at D.L.S.
The testing performed simulates unwanted energy that may affect electrical and electronic equipment found on aircraft, ground equipment, communications, surveillance, weapons and guidance systems. Increased awareness of potential high energy electromagnetic threats have established a need for this type of testing.
D.L.S. is an accredited Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) testing and consulting organization through National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) under the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and is ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulation) registered. D.L.S. recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. For more information, contact Jack Black at 847-537-6400 or visit www.dlsemc.com.
