/technologies/power-management/b/blog/posts/iec-62368-1-an-overview-of-the-new-safety-standardElectronics are becoming more like computers every day and almost every new television or receiver connects to the Internet to report bugs, or to download the latest new app or firmware update. To support this functionality, the internals of these deen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/technologies/power-management/b/blog/posts/iec-62368-1-an-overview-of-the-new-safety-standardWed, 18 Aug 2021 06:23:23 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:6e71cd4b-10fa-4a38-a1d0-0c9da01bdbb8michaelkellett1<p>What I find so irksome about the myriad &quot;standards &quot; that are imposed upon us is that you have to pay the IEC or similar body absurd amounts to find out what they say. </p><p>For example this standard (63638-1) cost £455 swiss francs (about £360).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It&#39;s rather as if you were stopped for speeding and the cop expected you to pay to find out what the speed limit was.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>There should never be&nbsp; a charge to know what the law is.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If you make or sell something in the UK, US or Europe (and other places too) the chances are that you will be breaking rules that you never knew existed, and unless you have access to coprporate scale funds, can&#39;t afford to find out about.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>At the very least there should be free web access to all standards cited (directly or indirectly) by law, and a great deal more effort put into making standards simple and comprehensible.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>MK</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=11647&AppID=4&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">