21Jun
20Jun
Conductive Textiles help make Travelling Safe!
Conductive Textiles help make Travelling Safe! Planes, trains, and automobiles depend on conductive textiles in many ways. They keep the driver or pilot aware of the engagement of safety restraints by the passengers before beginning the trip. If you drive automobiles, you are well aware that there are sensors present in the steering wheel that determine if the driver is in proper position and paying attention to his surroundings. If the car wanders in its lane, sensors notice this and...
06Jun
EMC Compliance Testing-what’s the Point?
EMC Compliance Testing-what's the Point? Every electronic device must pass EMC Compliance Testing to make it to the market! The reason for this requirement is to lessen the amount of RFI/ EMI in our environment. More importantly, it is to lessen the RFI and EMI in our environment that adversely affects the function of other devices present in the shared electromagnetic environment. All electronic devices emit RFI/EMI. In general, electromagnetic interference doesn't cause a decrease in function of the devices...
31May
RF Shielded Enclosures-Testing at Home!
RF Shielded Enclosures-testing at Home! Preparing for Final Compliance EMC Testing is difficult. One of the best ways to prepare for this test is to prepare your product during development. Testing your product in your home environment during development builds EMC into your device from the start and is the best way to proceed. Pre-Compliance EMC Testing can be done easily at your development site. It actually saves time in development, by intercepting EMC issues along the way rather than...
30May
Large RF Shielded Enclosures-Giants!
Large RF Shielded Enclosures-Giants! I always say that VTT fabricates RF Shielded Enclosures to satisfy the needs of our customers, whether it's as small as our 3D Pouch, our "small test lab", or a much larger one. This year, we are receiving orders for "Testing Megastructures", very large testing enclosures. RF Shielded enclosures provide the low ambient RF environment required for Pre-Compliance EMC testing. The size of the testing enclosure is typically dependent on...
26Apr
Pre-Compliance EMC Testing-Smart Preparation!
Pre-Compliance EMC Testing-Smart Preparation! There are many important tests in life! Smart preparation makes tests easier to pass! If you are developing new electronic products for the market, you know that passing a Final EMC Compliance Test is necessary to market your product. Final Compliance Certification means that your product will fit in smoothly with the shared electromagnetic environment that it will function in. The best way to prepare your device for the Final EMC Compliance test is to perform...
28Mar
Team Shieldex attends EMV Stuttgart 2023!
Team Shieldex attends EMV Stuttgart 2023! Shawn DeCook Chief Operations Officer of V Technical Textiles, Inc. will join Robert Erichsen, owner of Statex Produktions- und Vertriebs GmbH and "Team Shieldex" at EMV Stuttgart 2023, March 28-March 30. EMV Stuttgart is Europe's Premier exhibition for electromagnetic compatibility. Statex GmbH and V Technical Textiles, Inc. have an excellent business relationship. Statex manufactures Shieldex® metalized textiles and various products manufactured using them. VTT markets the metalized textiles and manufactures numerous...
15Feb
RF Interference-Controlled by Shielding!
RF Interference-Controlled by Shielding! RF Interference (RFI) and Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) can wreak havoc with the function of electronic devices. In our wireless world, the amount of RF radiation present in our environment is always increasing. Add the man-made RF radiation to the natural forms of RFI and EMI such as snow, rain and electrical storms, solar flares, and the auroras and there's a whole lot of radiation going on around here! Three things cause an interference problem, a "noise...
14Feb
Product Development-use Pre-Compliance Testing!
Product Development-use Pre-Compliance Testing! Product development in the electronics industry is very difficult! EMC Standards must be met depending on product type and its function. When the product is complete, it needs to pass the Final EMC Compliance Testing at a registered facility in order to be marketed. This exam is all-inclusive, touching on the entire device. It's best practice to perform Pre-Compliance testing on the device during development. This stepwise practice eliminates the need for back tracking to find...
08Feb
