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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Applying back end ESD standards straight into the fab often misses the mark, overcontrolling low risk areas while leaving reticle handling, ionization imbalance, and isolated conductors exposed. Here's why semiconductor fabs need their own ESD guidance document, and how it should work alongside ANSI/ESD S20.20.
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Learn how galvanic corrosion impacts EMI shielding systems, degrades electrical performance, and reduces product reliability in harsh environments. Discover practical material selection and corrosion-mitigation strategies, plus insights from ASTM B117 salt-fog testing that compare passivation finishes, gasket materials, and metallic components to improve long-term shielding performance and durability.
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The FCC overhauls its broadband label requirements, aiming to make monthly costs and service details easier for consumers to compare across providers. Find out how the updated rules change what internet service providers must disclose, and the added flexibility they now have in explaining it.
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The FCC details a sweeping set of rule changes meant to speed up broadband build-outs, streamline wireless approvals, and strengthen national security protections. See the full list of accomplishments the agency is touting under its Build America Agenda, and what it could mean for providers and consumers alike.
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A Maryland teen’s mobile app is helping amateur radio hopefuls prep for their license exams, earning him top honors in a national competition and a $15,000 payday in the process. Discover how this student’s innovation is shaping the next generation of radio operators.
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