Unit 3 Compliance News

CE Marking Extended For UK, UKCA Redundant For Electronics Products

The government has introduced legislation that indefinitely recognizes CE marking for UK market access. Applying the UKCA mark for electronics products is no longer required. This extension comes into force on 1st October 2024, before the (most recently) proposed UKCA introduction date of 31 December 2024 What does it not apply to? UKCA marking will still be required for the other equipment including Medical Devices and Marine Equipment. See the page on the UK government website for more deta...

Unit 3 Compliance Shares Problems Observed During EFT Testing Of DC Power Port Equipment

Just in case achieving a pass during EFT testing wasn’t tricky enough, how about throwing in an additional hurdle…the added inductance and capacitance the transient generator CDN applies to the DC power lines. A customer provided them with the opportunity to debug an EFT issue seen during the original round of testing at another laboratory. The failure mode was pretty obvious and a real showstopper, the EUT will crash/ lock up/ stop functioning and a full power off and on cycle is...

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