Compliance & Regulations

Manufacturing costs are under continuous pressure. One can claim, that manufacturing costs have risen year after year. The increase in cost is due to many things such as the price of component costs, labor costs and quality costs. Quality is affected by many factors one of them being production testing. However, testing does not have to be a mandatory evil but can be translated into efficiency and benefits for the company. Many companies have seen that the similarity in test equipment and test methods on production lines can improve overall efficiency. Standardization of testing is one essential part of achieving efficiency. Standardization requires ownership of testing and continuous work which then minimizes the total cost of ownership.

Electronics manufacturers will soon be under new regulation that demands cybersecurity from their products, and even from their development process. Why is this happening, where does it apply, and what must be done?

New regulations will soon set cybersecurity requirements to almost all electronical products. For manufacturers this will mean that security should be integrated into the product development process. What does it take to ensure that end products are going to fulfill the rules?

Verify your memory bus performance with virtual compliance simulation (JEDEC) PCBs have become so dense that it is easier to simulate the impact of PCBs on bus performance than to measure it. Virtual compliance simulation for DDR3/4 buses takes into account the full impact of the PCB on memory bus performance. Additionally, the simulation allows the bus lines to be implemented inside the board reducing cross-talk. What could be more convenient than knowing that a critical bus will perform to specifications before the first prototype is ordered?

Commercial IoT devices today are in fact various types of meters, sensors, trackers and wearables, supporting number of industries: utilities, transport, automotive, agriculture, logistics, healthcare, warehousing and manufacturing – they are everywhere.

How daily safety operations such as prevention of unexpected start-up Lock-out Tag-out (LoTo) contribute to a sustainable business.

Etteplan provides a new kind of service for industrial cyber security needs. A dedicated business unit combining security design and test automation operates from three locations, and it is part of the Software and Embedded Solutions services. We interviewed the unit director Mikko Lindström about specific issues related to industrial hardware and system security and how the new service addresses them.

The formation of ice on wind turbine blades can be a significant risk factor. When this starts to happen, it needs to be immediately reported to the turbine’s monitoring system. Ice can put a strain on the turbine’s machinery. In addition, when it falls off in pieces, it can be dangerous for staff and outsiders […]

Nowadays, software development relies on agile practices and methods, which avoid large debacles and promote teamwork. Testing is an inseparable part of the development process right from the definition phase. The tasks overlap and information moves smoothly within a modern design team. The test engineer is a team member and no longer considered a messenger of bad news.