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When WEEE Compliance Can Cause Problems For Hardware Designers

December 9, 2010 Tags: FPGA design, Mechanical engineering, RoHS Directive, WEEE Compliance, weee rohs

The RoHS WEEE directive specifically forbids the use of lead in electronic components, unless the lead content is 0.1% or lower. This has effectively seen

VHDL Design And The WEEE Directive

December 6, 2010 Tags: Mechanical engineering, PCB design, WEEE Compliance, WEEE Directive

Even simple mechanical engineering projects make use of VHDL design now. VHDL stands for VHSIC hardware description language, VHSIC being Very High Speed Integrated Circuitry.

REACHing Across the Divide

November 25, 2010 Tags: Environmental compliance, FPGA design, Mechanical design, Mechanical engineering, PCB design

Just as component engineering companies had got their heads around the intricacies of RoHS and WEEE legislation, along came the REACH EU directive, the most

PCN Alerts – A Growing Problem With REACH Regulation

November 24, 2010 Tags: Environmental compliance, FPGA design, Mechanical design, Mechanical engineering, PCB design

With the dreaded “gang of three” – RoHS, WEEE and REACH compliance – now in full force, obsolescence management systems are going into overdrive, not

Obsolescence Management and REACH Legislation

November 23, 2010 Tags: Environmental compliance, FPGA design, Mechanical design, Mechanical engineering, PCB design, REACH, RoHS and WEEE

The REACH directive is an unwanted burden to companies already struggling under the weight of WEEE and ROHS compliance. RoHS/WEEE legislation covers just six main

Obsolescence Management – RoHS Directive Exemptions

November 22, 2010 Tags: Environmental compliance, FPGA design, Mechanical design, Mechanical engineering, PCB design

The Restriction of Hazardous Substances and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS/WEEE) directives became legally binding in 2006. Although a number of applications were exempt

The WEEE Problem of Obsolete Semiconductors

November 19, 2010 Tags: Environmental compliance, FPGA design, Mechanical design, Mechanical engineering, PCB design

Following toxic chemical concerns, the EU RoHS WEEE (Regulation of Hazardous Substances/Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) directive became European law in February 2003, with the

How RoHS Compliant do you Need to be?

November 16, 2010 Tags: Environmental compliance, FPGA design, Mechanical design, Mechanical engineering, PCB design

The Restriction of Hazardous Substances, or RoHS directive, was established in 2003 by the EU, as a way of restricting certain hazardous substances used in

What Does GADSL Mean?

November 15, 2010 Tags: Environmental compliance, FPGA design, Mechanical design, Mechanical engineering, PCB design

GADSL is the acronym for Global Automotive Declarable Substance List, and like the ELV directive is specific to the motor industry. It was the result

Less Cash, More Trash – The Low-Down on High-Tech Disposables

November 12, 2010 Tags: Environmental compliance, FPGA design, Mechanical design, Mechanical engineering, PCB design

RoHS directives like REACH and WEEE legislation were introduced to reduce the use of hazardous materials in electronics manufacture. One reason for this was the