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."

Comments

Re:Scary????

[19thNervousBreakdown]

I'm terrified by people who use multiple punctuation marks. Mostly because it indicates that they're probably a 13-year-old girl, an incredibly dangerous group of people to be talking to on the internet.

Re:Changing hands...

[citizenr]

They do have about 2000 in their hands now.

http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/945

So they "have" 2000 boards 2 months after "official launch", during which they claimed they already gave 10000 boards to distributors? Nice.