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Raspberry Pi Passes EU Electromagnetic Compatibility Testing
A week ago, we posted news of the delay that the Raspberry Pi Foundation faced because of a requirement that their boards be tested to comply with EU regulations. Now, the word is in, and the Raspberry Pi passed those tests without needing any modifications. From their post describing the ordeal: "The Raspberry Pi had to pass radiated and conducted emissions and immunity tests in a variety of configurations (a single run can take hours), and was subjected to electrostatic discharge (ESD) testing to establish its robustness to being rubbed on a cat. It’s a long process, involving a scary padded room full of blue cones, turntables that rise and fall on demand, and a thing that looks a lot like a television aerial crossed with Cthulhu."
holy shizznit another slashdot update on the raspberry pi, which is incrementally moving forward from the last update! next update - "raspberry pi recieves email status update." holy cow people, this is like xeno's arrow - with each update, we are making less and less progress towards the goal.
CE is a self certified stamp, you just say 'it passed' stick the CE label on it and that's it. What Raspberry Pi people have done wrong is to ACTUALLY PERFORM THE TESTS.
This is the first time I've actually heard of anyone doing that actual tests!