by Mike Violette | Sep 26, 2024 | Satellite
Originally published in Interference Technology All satellites are vulnerable to a wide variety of EMC and environmental effects, from launch to deployment. Of particular concern is the effects of Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) events. These are caused by sun...
by Mike Violette | Sep 13, 2023 | FCC, Newsletter, NPRM
NPRM [PSHSB: PS Docket No. 23–239; FCC 23– 65 FR ID 166265] The FCC issued NPRM on August 10, 2023, regarding the security labeling of devices defined as Internet of Things (IoT). According to the official notice in the Federal Register published...
by Mike Violette | Feb 24, 2022 | Throwback Thursday
With the closing of the 2022 Beijing Olympics, thoughts turn to, uh, different times. When cooperation and collaboration seemed to be more accessible. Here’s a look-back to 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing. Beijing Brief: The Da Shui Gua (The Big Watermelon) By...
by Mike Violette | Apr 22, 2021 | Throwback Thursday
By Mike Violette Article first appeared in EMC Magazine, Volume 4, Quarter 2. 2015 I grabbed an old copy of The French Connection from my mother’s bookshelf. The paperback, doggy and yellowed, is a chronicle of “The World’s Most Crucial Narcotics Investigation.” It is...
by Mike Violette | Nov 12, 2020 | Throwback Thursday
When I was a kid and found out that my dad was an ‘engineer,’ the vision of him driving a train popped into my head because the word engineer was firmly associated with driving a locomotive. It was a few years until that image became disassociated as I learned the...