1. Work.
2. Are safe and reliable.
3. Can be manufactured, tested, repaired, and serviced economically.
4. May be marketed and used worldwide, meeting national and international:
   • Product safety standards.
   • Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) standards.
   • Electromagnetic interference (EMI) standards.
   • Electrostatic discharge (ESD) standards.
5. Can be easily enhanced/adapted to meet new and changing market requirements.

The following web pages are new, or have had significant content added within the last month:

• Bibliography for Designing Lead-Free, RoHS-Compliant, and WEEE-Compliant Electronics (revised February 5, 2021)
• Bibliography for Tin Whiskers, Zinc Whiskers, Cadmium Whiskers, Indium Whiskers, and Other Conductive Metal and Semiconductor Whiskers (revised February 5, 2021)
• Bibliography for Tin Whiskers (revised February 5, 2021)
• Tin Pest (revised February 5, 2021)
• Power Distribution on Printed Circuit Boards- Bibliography (revised February 5, 2021)
• Designing Electronic Equipment for ESD Immunity- Annotated Bibliography (revised February 4, 2021)

John R. Barnes' second and third books, Robust Electronic Design Reference Book, Volumes I and II are now available from Springer, which merged with Kluwer Academic Publishers in July 2004. The ISBN for the hardbound set is 1-4020-7739-4, and the list price is $495.00 (US)-- although you can now find it for considerably less on the Internet. The two books total 1,736 pages, with 194 tables, 663 illustrations, and a 106-page index covering over 9,200 design/ development/ manufacturing problem areas that may arise in getting from that "first fuzzy idea" to a product in mass production, or a piece of equipment in service. In 2005, John received a Division Technical Achievement Award from the ARRL for writing these books. You can read a sample chapter by going to Chapter 17. Further information on these books is available at:

• http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,4-40109-22-33340417-0,00.html
• http://www.dbicorporation.com/book-out.htm (which includes links to over 50 book sellers selling these books, some at a considerable discount from list price)
• http://www.dbicorporation.com/errata.htm

John's most recent article, "Designing Electronic Systems for ESD Immunity", was published in the February 2003 Conformity magazine (vol. 8 no. 1, pages 18-27). This is a condensed version of his two-part article "Designing Electronic Equipment for ESD Immunity" which was published in the July 2001 Printed Circuit Design magazine (vol. 18 no. 7, pages 18-26) and "Designing Electronic Equipment for ESD Immunity Part II," which appeared on the pcdmag.com web site in November 2001.

This web site may be accessed through http://www.dbicorporation.com/.

The first major section of this website is devoted to designing electronic products and equipment that are safe and reliable:

• Ampacity (Current-Carrying Capacity) of Printed Circuit Boards- Bibliography (revised December 31, 2010)
• Designing Electronic Equipment for ESD Immunity- Annotated Bibliography (revised February 4, 2021)
• Designing Electronic Equipment for ESD Immunity- Part 1 (revised December 19, 2010)
• Designing Electronic Equipment for ESD Immunity- Part 2 (revised December 19, 2010)
• Designing Electronic Equipment for ESD Immunity- Sources of Information & Want List (revised December 19, 2010)
• Designing Electronic Equipment for ESD Immunity- Terms Used in Annotated Bibliography (revised December 19, 2010)
• Power Distribution on Printed Circuit Boards- Bibliography (revised February 5, 2021)
• X2Y Capacitors- Bibliography (added February 6, 2012)

The second major section of this website is devoted to designing electronic products and equipment that can be manufactured, tested, repaired, and serviced economically:

• Robust Electronic Design- Equipment (revised December 19, 2010)
• Robust Electronic Design- Executive Summary (revised December 19, 2010)
• Robust Electronic Design- My Products That Went into Mass Production (revised December 19, 2010)
• Robust Electronic Design- Products (revised December 19, 2010)
• Robust Electronic Design- Up-Front Investment (revised December 19, 2010)

The third major section of this website is devoted to designing electronic products and equipment that may be marketed and used worldwide:

• Bibliography of EMC/EMI/ESD Standards for Information Technology Equipment (ITE) and Related (Generic) Equipment (revised May 10, 2012)
• Emissions Standards for Commercial Electronic Products (Unintentional Radiators) (revised December 2, 2011)
• Immunity Standards for Commercial Electronic Products (revised December 2, 2011)
• Harmonics Standards for Commercial Electronic Products (revised December 2, 2011)
• Flicker Standards for Commercial Electronic Products (revised December 2, 2011)
• Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Standards for Commercial Electronic Products (revised December 3, 2011)
• Radiated Immunity Standards for Commercial Electronic Products (revised December 3, 2011)
• Electrical Fast Transient/Burst (EFTB) Standards for Commercial Electronic Products (revised December 3, 2011)
• Surge Immunity Standards for Commercial Electronic Products (revised December 2, 2011)
• Conducted Immunity Standards for Commercial Electronic Products (revised December 3, 2011)
• Magnetic Field Immunity Standards for Commercial Electronic Products (revised December 3, 2011)
• Voltage Dip/Voltage Interruption Standards for Commercial Electronic Products (revised December 3, 2011)
• EMC/EMI/ESD Standards for Commercial Electronic Products (revised December 4, 2011)
• Key Dates for EMC/EMI/ESD Standards for Commercial Electronic Products (revised December 11, 2011)
• EMC/EMI/ESD Standards for Information Technology Equipment (ITE) (revised December 19, 2010)
• EMC/EMI/ESD Standards for Radio and Television Broadcast Receivers, and Associated Equipment (revised December 19, 2010)
• EMC/EMI/ESD Standards for Measurement, Control, and Laboratory Equipment (revised December 19, 2010)
• EMC/EMI/ESD Standards for Lamps and Luminaires (revised December 19, 2010)
• EMC/EMI/ESD Standards for Household Electrical Appliances and Portable Tools (revised December 19, 2010)
• EMC/EMI/ESD Standards for Generic Products to be Used in Residential, Commercial, and Light- Industrial Environments (revised December 19, 2010)
• EMC/EMI/ESD Standards for Generic Products to be Used in Industrial Environments (revised December 19, 2010)
• Internet Sources for Electronics Books, Standards, Manuals, Journals, and Magazines (revised June 26, 2012)
• Transition Rules and EMC/EMI/ESD Test-Report Retention Rules (revised December 19, 2010)

The fourth major section of this website is devoted to designing electronic products and equipment that can be easily enhanced/adapted to meet new and changing market requirements

• International Power, Plugs, and Languages (revised December 21, 2010, 38KB, 9 pages)
• International Primary Power, Plugs, Languages, Approval Marks, and Approval Agencies (revised December 31, 2010, 190KB, 70+ pages)

The fifth major section of this website is devoted to designing electronics to be lead-free, RoHS-compliant, and WEEE-compliant:

• Bibliography for Designing Lead-Free, RoHS-Compliant, and WEEE-Compliant Electronics (revised February 5, 2021)
• Bibliography for Tin Whiskers (revised February 5, 2021)
• Bibliography for Tin Whiskers, Zinc Whiskers, Cadmium Whiskers, Indium Whiskers, and Other Conductive Metal and Semiconductor Whiskers (revised February 5, 2021)
• Tin Pest (revised February 5, 2021)
• RoHS Compliance: THE END of Reliable Electronics? (presented to the Lexmark Toastmasters Club on May 17, 2005; added January 27, 2006)
• Lead-Free Electronics and the RoHS Directive (presented to the Lexington Section of the IEEE on January 26, 2005; added January 27, 2006)
• Power Distribution on Printed Circuit Boards- Bibliography (revised February 5, 2021)
• Tin Whisker Group Teleconferences (revised March 15, 2018)

• Corrections, Updates, and Additions to Robust Electronic Design Reference Book, Volumes I and II (revised February 6, 2012)
• Robust Electronic Design Reference Book, Volumes I and II(revised December 19, 2010)
• 20 line/inch graph paper for drawing line art using Microsoft Word 97's drawing features (View, Toolbars, Drawing) (added January 11, 2004)
• schematic symbols for drawing line art using Microsoft Word 97's drawing feature (added January 11, 2004)
• Using PE32 to Create an Index for Microsoft Word (and Other) Documents (revised December 20, 2010)

The last major section of this website is devoted to miscellaneous topics:

• Creating Your Own Web Pages (revised December 20, 2010)
• Resume of John R. Barnes (revised October 13, 2013)
• Web Colors (added September 10, 2001)

We would appreciate your suggestions for additional topics of concern to you. Please E-mail us at jrbarnes@iglou.com, or call us at (859)253-1178.

Please use these documents as:

• Pointers to official documents that may pertain to your product(s).
• Reminders of problem areas and pitfalls that you may encounter in designing electronic products.
• Some guidelines to help you avoid or work around these problem areas.

No amount of reading can take the place of having experienced personnel, armed with the pertinent information, designing or reviewing the design of your particular product.

Please send critiques, corrections, and/or additions to jrbarnes@iglou.com , or by snailmail to:
John Barnes
216 Hillsboro Ave
Lexington, KY 40511-2105

We'd like to thank all of the clients who chose dBi to test their products from 1995 to 2013. Below is a brief summary of our accomplishments during the 18 years we were in business.

From 1995 to 2001, under Don Bush's ownership and operation, dBi:

• Did the official approval testing of 141 products developed by 20 client companies.
• Did the official FCC/ Industry Canada (IC) Verification and Declaration of Conformity (DoC) testing of 92 products.
• Did the official FCC/IC Certification testing of 15 products.
• Did the official CE Marking testing of 100 products.

From 2002 to 2013, under John Barnes' ownership and operation, dBi:

• Tested 389 products and 2 testers developed by 44 client companies.
• Did the official approval testing of 357 products and 2 testers, getting all but 4 of them to meet all of the FCC, Industry Canada (IC), CE Marking, C-Tick, and Regulatory Compliance Mark (RCM) standards and requirements for their desired market areas.
• Did the official FCC/IC Verification and Declaration of Conformity (DoC) testing of 296 products.
• Did the official FCC/IC Certification testing of 24 products.
• Did the official CE Marking testing of 271 products and 2 testers.
• Did the official e-Mark testing of 3 products.
• Did the official Australia/New Zealand Verification testing of 170 products.
• Co-sponsored John's writing the Robust Electronic Design Reference Book, Volumes I and II.
• Served as an expert witness on electronics in three lawsuits.

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Last revised February 5, 2021