01/07/2021

Does RoHS mean anything to you? The abbreviation stands for "Restriction of Hazardous Substances," with the official German name "Restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment" [3]. By now, I think every electronics developer is familiar with the term "RoHS." But ...

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08/31/2020

It's always interesting to think outside the box – how is hardware developed in other industries? One of the most successful fields of engineering is aircraft technology. According to the website planecrashinfo.com, the number of accidents has decreased from the ...

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05/08/2020

Application of risk management to medical devices The third edition of ISO 14971 was published in December 2019. This article summarizes the standard and discusses the changes in the standard. Why a new edition? According to ISO, ...

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11/25/2019

Electrical fuses are essential components for the electrical safety of medical electrical equipment (ME equipment). They protect the device from incorrect operation, connection to excessively high or reversed supply voltages, and they protect the operator and patient in the event of electrical hazards. ...

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Have you considered functional safety for your medical device? And if not, do you have an overview of what functional safety actually is? If not, I would like to give you an introduction to the topic in this article. Because ...

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08/22/2019

Ensuring the electrical safety of the devices we develop is a key aspect of our daily work. Much has already been written about electrical safety and insulation diagrams in other articles (Part 1 and Part 2). In this article, I would like to... ...

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