Standex-Meder Electronics announces its new ATEX optocoupler for intrinsically safe circuits. Standex-Meder Electronics announces its new ATEX optocoupler for intrinsically safe circuits. The ...

Article 501 through 503 form a trilogy. Art. 505 provides an alternative to Art. 501; Art. 506 provides an alternative to Art. 502 and 503. Between these two sets is Art. 504. It’s sandwiched there ...

The IECEx is a certification system which verifies compliance with IEC international standards relating to equipment for use in explosive atmospheres. The safety requirement for equipment under IECEx ...

Intrinsically safe circuits are designed so that there is insufficient energy in the power supply to cause local heating or a spark that could ignite an inflammable gas. There are two main levels of ...

Article 504 of the 2011 NEC focuses on the requirements for Intrinsically Safe Systems. As noted in Sec. 504.10(A), "Intrinsically safe apparatus, associated ...

North American companies are beginning to move toward intrinsically-safe systems, already well established in Europe, that use currents and voltages too low to spark an explosion in a hazardous ...

Littelfuse, Inc., the global leader in circuit protection, today introduced the first encapsulated surface mount fuse designed for intrinsic safety protection of equipment intended for use in or near ...