Raspberry Pi Passes EU Electromagnetic Compatibility Testing 137
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."
Re:Scary???? (Score:2, Insightful)
It was written by the PR person, not the engineers.
Re:Scary???? (Score:5, Insightful)
I actually thought the comment was tongue-in-cheek, so, no I am not scared by them.
OMG, this is news?! (Score:3, Insightful)
Doesn't every product, everywhere, pass this test?
So, this is worthy of the front page why?
Re:2 months after official launch (Score:3, Insightful)
This is a charity and this is the first time they have gone through this process. There are bigger companies still have this issue. With pi they are just being more transparent about it.
who? (Score:1, Insightful)
cares? wft is up with all these 'Raspberry Pi' stories?
Re:2 months after official launch (Score:0, Insightful)
Then why did they keep pretending that they have people who are experienced in these things? This "charity" keeps telling the story differently every time. They know what they're doing, it's the first time. The official shop will be on their home page, you can't order from them at all. They'll ship worldwide from day one, their distributors refuse to sell to private individuals until the waiting queues are already months long. The distributors have 5000 boards each, the first 2000 boards have just arrived from the factory. The official distribution will probably be Ubuntu, Ubuntu doesn't support the CPU at all. Being a charity isn't an excuse for leading people on.