Gary Nevison

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RoHS dev kit debate heats up in Europe

The RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) directive status of development kits and evaluation boards has always been unclear and hotly debated within the electronics industry with no legally binding decisions being made. The German government decided many years ago that printed circuit boards sold separately to users, for example, to increase computer memory or add new functions to PCs... More

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Understanding the RoHS recast

In the fall of 2010, the European Union agreed to a range of changes to the RoHS directive, known as the “recast”, and these will take effect over the next seven years. The recast will have an open scope with a list of exclusions. The open scope is any electrical and electronic product not captured in categories 1 to 10 unless specifically excluded. The scope is divided into 11... More

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ROHS decision 2010: Dev kits make the cut

The recast of the European Union (EU) ROHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) directive looks to have brought to an end, and provide clarity on, the hotly debated subject of semiconductor development kits and evaluation boards and their ROHS status. Article 2 (3C) excludes “equipment specifically designed solely for the purposes of research and development only made available on a... More

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The China ROHS syndrome: Wait and see

If you thought that progress was slow on the implementation of the so called “China ROHS Catalog” first published in September 2009, but not yet in force, then now there is “China ROHS 2″ to consider. A draft was published in July, and now it is a question of which version of China ROHS will be taken forward and, if so, will the other be rejected (or amended) once... More

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Compromise on ROHS recast reached

Compromise was the name of the game at the final trialogue meeting on the proposed ROHS recast.On the “open scope” issue (a product Category 11 would cover all electrical and electronic equipment not captured in Categories 1 to 10 unless specifically excluded) a compromise was reached with all products being covered eight years after entry into force. Some Member States were... More