I recently had lunch with my son and his boss, both of whom are engineers
\nat a major firm specializing in auto electronic control systems. Neither
\nhave extensive RF backgrounds and when the topic of hacking came up I was
\nasked for some comments. All I could offer was an opinion that some
\nalarming reports of remote RF interference should not be taken at face
\nvalue. I suggested that RFI from consumer electronics ( including ham
\nHTs) in a vehicle will more likely become a problem as their systems
\nbecome high speed local area networks.<\/p>\n
The very day I returned home I checked into a webinar by Computer
\nSimulation Technologies on Automotive Electro -Magnetic Compatibility.
\nIt covered the very familiar topics of radiated and conductive
\ninterference, common-mode and differential modes and the means of
\nprotection at 100Mbps. Most interesting was the ability of their software
\nto assess the impacts of such minor items such as connector pin-outs. This
\noutstanding presentation will soon be available as # 434316971 on their
\nwebsite. You may need a password which was ethernet.<\/p>\n
73 Ron W6WO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hello to my SCCARC friends, it’s good to be back. I recently had lunch with my son and his boss, both of whom are engineers at a major firm specializing in auto electronic control systems. Neither have extensive RF backgrounds …<\/p>\n