Regulatory & Global Market Access Course

Covering: EMC, Radio, Product Safety, Sustainability & Global Market Access

The course aims to cover essential regulatory requirements, with an impact on Hardware design. The course will cover Regulatory, Marketing barriers & technical requirements, and will provide the necessary tools to deal with regulatory aspects and understanding Global market Access requirements.

Who should attend: RF, Hardware, Quality, Compliance Engineers

• Overview
  • Product life cycle & Compliance overview
  • Basic definitions and Terminology
  • Compliance test requirements – Safety, EMC, Radio, Environmental, Sustainability vs. Product type
• Global market access
  • Regulatory vs. Industry requirements
  • Global Market requirements: Europe, USA/Canada, China, Australia, Israel, Brazil, Taiwan, Korea, Japan…
  • Global Certification: ISO/IEC, CB scheme, CE, FCC, OSHA & UL.
• Product Safety – Design to meet Compliance
  • Enclosure, grounding, insulation, fire resistance, Risk assessment.
  • Zoom in on component selection and labeling requirements.
  • Requirements from factories and production lines for delivery of safe products.
  • Compliance with Regulatory requirements for electrical device.
  • PCB design, batteries, power supplies and DC/DC converters.
  • Design to meet the standards (UL/IEC/EN 60950, UL/IEC/EN 60601, UL/IEC/EN 61010, and more).
  • Practical Case Studies: Real life safety test cases and problem solving.

• EMC Vs. Safety
  • EMC tests overview: Emission requirements, Immunity requirements.
  • Global Certification requirements & Procedures: North America, Europe, Asia.
  • Means specifically adopted for EMC and their influence on Safety issues.
• RF – Design to meet Compliance
  • Spectrum allocation and standards definition.
  • Components selections to meet Compliance.
  • European Radio Equipment Directive Overview & Manufacturers obligations.
  • FCC Testing & application procedure.
  • Global Market access wireless regulation with emphasis on Australia, Japan & Brazil markets.
  • Design to meet Carriers requirements in the IoT world.
  • Case studies.
• Sustainability
  • RoHS – Overview of the EN 50581 design to meet requirements.
  • WEEE – EU local schemes and regulation.
  • Consumers Product Safety
  • REACH overview

# The program is subjected to changes