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."

Cool for cats.

[mr_lizard13]

Thank goodness it passed the cat rubbing test. We Europeans love rubbing electronic devices on our cats.

Pics?

[walkerp1]

Am I the only one that desperately wants to see pictures of the Cthulhu antenna?

South Park did it.

[jtownatpunk.net]

Bad kitty! That's my Pot Pi! No! You're a bad kitty!

Scary padded room

[Arancaytar]

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.

Also, cats.

Re:Pics?

[wierd_w]

The EU just want to be sure that the devices won't pick up any transmissions from the great old ones, what with the approach of may-eve and all.

Other little known tidbits: in addition to the cone shaped undulating turntables, and the chtulu antenna, the device has to withstand being in the same room with a drunken MP reading select passages from the necronomicon backwards, while rubbing on cats.

They are very thurough is the EU.

Re:Scary????

[chispito]

The PR person is a food blogger who does this for free in her spare time because she is married to one of the foundation Trustees. Cut her a little slack.

Test chambers

[cookd]

After the testing you will be baked and then there will be cake.

Re:2 months after official launch

[Anonymous Coward]

The curve for early adoption of this gizmo is steeeep!

Re:Cool for cats.

[Bing Tsher E]

I have always felt that in the interests of fairness and equal opportunity toward all phenomena of physics, that every facility that has antistatic workstations should also have prostatic workstations. Such a workstation could consist of a bench with the work surface covered with cat's fur and with a full set of hand tools made of glass.

Re:Cool for cats.

[FatdogHaiku]

Oh come on, if you invoke Mrs. Slocombe, you have to let her talk about her pussy...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRJlItzalJY [youtube.com]

Re:Cool for cats.

[fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

The good Dr. Robert J. Van de Graaff [mos.org] has your prostatic workstation needs covered.

In fact, I'm pretty sure that he is now a major factor in semiconductor production: during the later stages of their diffusion, when the punk-ass new microprocessors think they know everything, the wise old 8086s tell them: "Now kids, if you exhibit any of the undocumented errata for your model number during your rated lifespan, Dr. Van de Graaff will come for you, and with him comes the Vcore transient from which their is no waking..."