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Ken Wyatt walks through pre-compliance radiated emissions testing for automotive modules under CISPR 25 and military products under MIL-STD-461, including spectrum analyzer setup and how to work around ambient RF interference on a home-built test bench.

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A 10-year-old from Arizona has earned his amateur radio license after passing the Technician class exam, becoming the youngest member of his local ham radio club. Meet the young operator now on the air with call sign KM7HFU.

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The FCC's newest broadband deployment report shows steady gains in high-speed internet access nationwide, but millions of Americans are still without service. Find out what the agency says needs to change to close the remaining gaps.

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ATEC has expanded its ISO 17025 accreditation to include RF power sensor calibration factors up to 50 GHz — delivering greater measurement confidence for aerospace, defense, and communications testing.

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Replacing worn ESD flooring doesn't have to mean halting production. A new adhesive-free, phased installation approach lets electronics, aerospace, and defense manufacturers protect sensitive equipment while operations keep running.

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Discover seven strategies engineering leaders can use to embed regulatory adherence, ethical practice, and cross-functional collaboration into daily team culture, turning compliance from a bottleneck into a driver of smarter, safer innovation.

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China significantly broadens its RoHS regulation, adding dozens of new product categories and several restricted substances to its hazardous substance rules. The update pulls Chinese requirements closer to European Union standards, reshaping compliance obligations for electronics manufacturers that sell into the Chinese market.

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The FCC adds foreign-made robotic devices and power inverters to its list of banned communications equipment, citing risks to national security. The move blocks new equipment authorizations for affected products, though manufacturers can still pursue a conditional approval that requires a plan to shift production onshore.

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Chroma's precision battery test system is helping validate the Orion capsule's power systems for NASA's Artemis II mission, simulating real world mission conditions to confirm reliability in scenarios where crew safety and the success of a return to the Moon both depend on getting it right.

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Turning a spectrum analyzer reading into a real E-field number takes more than eyeballing the display. This installment walks through the gain and loss calculations, test setups, and ambient signal workarounds that determine whether your pre-compliance data actually holds up.

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The FCC moves to revoke equipment authorizations for a drone maker accused of falsely claiming where its uncrewed aircraft are actually built, after the company failed to respond to the agency's requests for documentation, a case that could reshape how regulators verify country-of-origin claims for connected devices.

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The FDA opens the books on how its accredited third-party reviewers are performing under the 510(k) pathway, revealing review times that stretch well beyond agency averages in some cases. The data offers device makers a rare look at where third-party review speeds up, and where it stalls, market access.

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Associated Research marks 90 years since its founding, tracing a path from the 1939 Vibrotest to today's automated compliance platforms. As the company enters its tenth decade, leadership points to EV, medical device, and semiconductor growth, and two forces reshaping demand for safety testing equipment.

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Choosing the wrong shielding material can mean failed certification and costly redesigns. Explore how conductive fabrics, coatings, and metal enclosures stack up on conductivity, durability, and cost, plus which option fits consumer electronics, industrial equipment, and medical devices best.

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Brazil's environmental regulator sets new concentration limits for hazardous substances in electronics, with a phased compliance schedule and a new national registry for covered equipment. See which substances are restricted and how manufacturers, importers, and distributors will need to comply.

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The EU Commission adds several product categories to its list of exemptions from consumer battery replaceability rules, citing safety and technical complexity. Learn which devices are affected and what the exemption could mean for manufacturers navigating the EU's evolving battery regulations.

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A PMIC that powers every rail correctly on the bench can still fail in the field: brownouts, ignored monitoring features, and broken power-up ordering are common late-stage surprises. Here's the framework for catching them before schematic capture, not after.

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Most EMI filter manufacturers validate performance in a clean 50-ohm environment, but real converters rarely operate that way. See what happens to insertion loss when source and load impedance reflect actual operating conditions, and why the gap matters.

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Shielding and coating fix MIPI-driven RFI in smartphones, but they come at a cost. This award-winning approach skips the hardware entirely, using firmware alone to steer noise away from sensitive bands, with no added component cost.

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In this episode of Soft Magnetics, Hard Topics, Mike and Bridget answer common Ask the Advisor questions about Ferrite Snap-It™ products. Learn how to choose the right Snap-It™, how ferrite cores reduce EMI, and ways to secure ferrites to cables or housings.

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