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 26, 2008)
• Power Distribution on Printed Circuit Boards- Bibliography (revised February 26, 2008)

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 $430.00 (US). 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.r-e-d-inc.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.r-e-d-inc.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.r-e-d-inc.com/ or 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 November 11, 2002)
• Designing Electronic Equipment for ESD Immunity- Annotated Bibliography (revised April 11, 2003)
• Designing Electronic Equipment for ESD Immunity- Part 1 (added September 16, 2002)
• Designing Electronic Equipment for ESD Immunity- Part 2 (added September 16, 2002)
• Designing Electronic Equipment for ESD Immunity- Sources of Information & Want List (revised April 11, 2003)
• Designing Electronic Equipment for ESD Immunity- Terms Used in Annotated Bibliography (revised April 11, 2003)
• Power Distribution on Printed Circuit Boards- Bibliography (revised February 26, 2008)

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 June 11, 2004)
• Robust Electronic Design- Executive Summary (added March 2, 2002)
• Robust Electronic Design- My Products That Went into Mass Production (revised June 11, 2004)
• Robust Electronic Design- My Test Engineering Years (revised June 11, 2004)
• Robust Electronic Design- Products (revised June 11, 2004)
• Robust Electronic Design- Up-Front Investment (added March 2, 2002)

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 December 6, 2007)
• Conducted Immunity Standards for Information Technology Equipment (ITE) and Related (Generic) Equipment (revised June 28, 2002)
• Electrical Fast Transient/Burst (EFTB) Standards for Information Technology Equipment (ITE) and Related (Generic) Equipment (revised June 28, 2002)
• Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Standards for Information Technology Equipment (ITE) and Related (Generic) Equipment (revised June 28, 2002)
• EMC/EMI/ESD Standards for Generic Equipment for Industrial Environments (revised July 23, 2002)
• EMC/EMI/ESD Standards for Generic Equipment for Residential, Commercial and Light Industry (revised July 23, 2002)
• EMC/EMI/ESD Standards for Information Technology Equipment (ITE) (revised July 23, 2003)
• EMC/EMI/ESD Standards for Information Technology Equipment (ITE) and Related (Generic) Equipment (revised July 11, 2002)
• Emissions Standards for Information Technology Equipment (ITE) and Related (Generic) Equipment (revised July 23, 2003)
• Flicker Standards for Information Technology Equipment (ITE) and Related (Generic) Equipment (revised June 28, 2002)
• Harmonics Standards for Information Technology Equipment (ITE) and Related (Generic) Equipment (revised June 28, 2002)
• Immunity Standards for Information Technology Equipment (ITE) and Related (Generic) Equipment (revised June 28, 2002)
• Internet Sources for Electronics Books, Standards, Manuals, Journals, and Magazines (revised September 27, 2007)
• Magnetic Field Immunity Standards for Information Technology Equipment (ITE) and Related (Generic) Equipment (revised June 28, 2002)
• Radiated Immunity Standards for Information Technology Equipment (ITE) and Related (Generic) Equipment (revised June 28, 2002)
• Surge Standards for Information Technology Equipment (ITE) and Related (Generic) Equipment (revised June 28, 2002)
• Transition Rules and EMC/EMI/ESD Test-Report Retention Rules (revised June 28, 2002)
• Voltage Dip Standards for Information Technology Equipment (ITE) and Related (Generic) Equipment (revised June 28, 2002)

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 (added January 6, 2003, 60KB, 9 pages)
• International Primary Power, Plugs, Languages, Approval Marks, and Approval Agencies (revised June 11, 2004, 360KB, 50+ 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 26, 2008)
• 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)

• Corrections, Updates, and Additions to Robust Electronic Design Reference Book, Volumes I and II (revised September 5, 2005)
• Robust Electronic Design Reference Book, Volumes 1 and 2 (revised December 21, 2005)
• 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 (added December 24, 2004)

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

• A2LA-Accreditation of dBi Corporation (revised August 10, 2002)
• Creating Your Own Web Pages (revised July 17, 2002)
• dBi Corporation (revised June 27, 2002)
• dBi Document Control Procedure (revised January 11, 2004)
• Resume of John R. Barnes (revised March 2, 2002)
• Robust Electronic Design, Inc. (revised June 20, 2002)
• Robust Electronic Design, Inc. and dBi Corporation (revised November 11, 2002)
• 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
dBi Corporation
216 Hillsboro Ave
Lexington, KY 40511-2105

1. Work.
2. Are safe and reliable.
3. Can be manufactured, tested, repaired, and serviced economically.
4. May be sold and used worldwide.
5. Can be easily adapted/enhanced to meet new and changing requirements.

Our President, John R. Barnes, is a Professional Engineer (PE) licensed in the state of Kentucky, a NARTE-Certified Electromagnetic Compatibility Engineer (NCE), a NARTE-Certified Electromagnetic Compatibility Technician (NCT), a NARTE-Certified Electrostatic Discharge Control Engineer (ESDC Eng), a NARTE-Certified Electrostatic Discharge Control Technician (ESDC Tech), a NARTE-Certified Product Safety Engineer (PSE), a Senior Member of the IEEE (SM IEEE), and an Advanced-class amateur radio operator. He has written three books: Electronic System Design: Interference and Noise Control Techniques, which was published in English in 1987 and in Russian in 1990; and Robust Electronic Design Reference Book, Volumes I and II, which came out in March 2004. John has also written articles on designing electronics for electrostatic discharge (ESD) immunity for Printed Circuit Design and Conformity magazines.

Robust Electronic Design, Inc. and dBi Corporation may be contacted by:

• E-mail at jrbarnes@iglou.com
• Fax at (859)252-6128.
• Phone at (859)253-1178.
• Snail-mail at 216 Hillsboro Ave, Lexington, KY 40511-2105.