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Compliance, Conformity, Country of Origin, MTBF, EoL

January 30, 2023

Many of our products have been tested for CE marking, which reflects FCC compliance, EMC (electromagnetic compatibility), EMI (electromagnetic interference), RF emissions, RF immunity, and the ability to survive ESD (electrostatic discharge). Part of the CE mark is a Declaration of Conformity where we describe the standards LabJack devices are tested to meet. Our Declarations of Conformity can be found below.

All LabJack-branded products are CE, REACH, RoHS2, and CFM (Conflict-Free Minerals) compliant.

CE - Declarations of Conformity

See the links below for the Declaration of Conformity certificates for LabJack devices.

Conflict Free Minerals

The LabJack Conflict Minerals (CM) policy can be found at this Link.
The LabJack Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT) spreadsheet can be found at this Link.

The LabJack Extended Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (EMRT) spreadsheet can be found at this Link.

RoHS and REACH

The LabJack device RoHS and REACH compliance policy is here.

Toxic Substance Control Act

The LabJack device compliance policy with the Toxic Substance Control Act (Code 40, Part 751) can be found here.

US California Proposition 65 Act

The LabJack device compliance letter for the United States California Proposition 65 Act can be accessed here.

Counterfeit Parts Prevention (CPP) Policy

The LabJack device Counterfeit Parts Prevention (CPP) policy can be found here.

Letter of Volatility (LoV)

Letters of volatility describe the various memory within a device, what is volatile and what is non-volatile, how information can be stored in memory, and how memory can be cleared. Links to the letters of volatility are listed below, and if your device is not listed contact us and we can add it.

Certificate of Conformance

Also called a Certificate of Conformity, Certificate of Compliance, or CoC. This is a simple industry standard document stating that our products comply with our standards for quality, specifications and workmanship. A blanket CoC is can be found here. If you need a different variation please contact us.

UL, CSA, or similar electrical safety standards

All LabJack products are low voltage, therefore these electrical safety standards do not apply. In the case of the RB12 and RB16, modules provided by other manufacturers might have a UL listing or similar.

Flammability

LabJack's red enclosures: UL 94 HB, Sabic Polycarbonate Lexan 143R, E75735.
LabJack's PCBs: UL 94V-0, E304660 (M1 or N2).
Screw Terminals: UL 94V-0, Thermoplastic, E245249.
Snaptrack: UL 94V-0, PVC, E58648.
RB12/UE9 Power Jack: UL 94V-0, PBT 4815, E59481.
USB Connector: E59481, PBT UL 94V Rated
Pin Headers: E53664, 30% Glass Fiber PBT

LabJack Device & Accessories Flammability statement.

Country of Origin

Per export definitions, the official Country of Origin for most LabJack-branded products is USA. The only exceptions are the 2034DZ and 2034CAZ temperature probes, which are China.

All software written by LabJack also has the Country of Origin of USA.

We do not claim the phrase "Made in the USA". This special designation requires that all raw materials are mined in the USA, and that all chips and components are manufactured in the USA. That is not feasible for any electronic devices.

Export

Export codes are assigned to everything we sell. For example, the schedule B code for the T7 is 8471.60.1050 and applies to the entire package including the T7 itself, power supply, USB cable, Ethernet cable, screwdriver, packaging, firmware and software. Firmware and software are part of our hardware. We do not sell any firmware and software so these do not have their own export codes.

Schedule B / HS / HTS

Main Devices (U3, T7, etc.): 8471.60.1050
Accessories designed for use with LJ main devices: 8473.30.0002
Sensors & Probes (LM34, EI-1022, EI-1034, EI-1050, 2034DZ, 2034CAZ): 9031.49.8000
3rd Party: Codes provided by manufacturer

ECCN

4A994.a
Which means license is NLR (no license required) as long as we don't export to the prohibited countries.

Prohibited Countries

Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria

ITAR

Does not apply to our products

Production Status, End of Life (EoL)

Below are the production statuses for all data acquisition (DAQ) devices ever made by LabJack:

U12 (2001): NRND (Not Recommended for New Designs). No plans to discontinue. This is our oldest device, and we have newer devices that are recommended for new users. As of this writing there is no indication that any major sub-components will become unavailable.
UE9 (2004): NLA (No Longer Available as of March 2022). Many parts required to build the UE9 have been discontinued by their manufacturers. Production of the UE9 has become increasingly difficult and expensive, if not impossible. The T7 is a newer (not drop-in) replacement that is superior in every way including cost.
U3 (2006): Active. All variations of U3-HV and U3-LV. Estimated time horizon of 2030, due to production ending for the main microcontroller. See Section 2.13 of the U3 Datasheet for information about older hardware variations.
U6 (2009): Active. All variations. Estimated time horizon of 2030, due to production ending for the main microcontroller.
T8 (2022): Active. All variations. No plans to discontinue.
T7 (2013): Active. All variations. No plans to discontinue.
T4 (2017): Active. All variations. No plans to discontinue.
LJTick-InAmp Rev 2 (2005): EoL, NRND (Not Recommended for New Designs). A newer, simpler, InAmp is available. Rev 2 has been replaced by Rev 3.

Production status of other non-Active devices made or sold by LabJack

End of Life (EoL) Notice, EI-1040

The EI-1040 dual instrumentation amplifier, manufactured by Electronic Innovations Corporation and sold by LabJack, has been discontinued.

End Of Life (EoL) Notice, EI-1050

NLA (No Longer Available): The EI-1050, manufactured by Electronic Innovations Corporation and sold by LabJack, has been discontinued. The Sensirion sensor it uses is no longer available. The EI-1050 Datasheet has information about alternate devices.

End of Life (EoL) Notice, EB37

NLA (No Longer Available): The LabJack EB37 evaluation board has been discontinued as of May 2022.

Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF)

LabJack has not done official MTBF analysis or testing for any devices. LabJack devices are made of normal semiconductor components, and do not use any components with a rating in terms of limited lifetime. It is rare for our devices to fail on their own. Overwhelmingly, the failed devices we see have damage that can be attributed to an out-of-spec voltage or current that has been introduced to the device from some external source. This is the nature of data acquisition devices with user controlled connections spanning from communications, power, ground, and I/O.

The following link mentions a DoD document that could be used to generate an MTBF number based on statistical models:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/105781/MTBF

Below is a quote from someone at a major university who needed to assign an MTBF to our products:

"Typically, for an electronic device such as yours, with off the shelf components, and with an approximate number of parts-by-count of roughly 50, I should expect an MTBF of 30K~75k hours. I'll probably utilize some figure within that range."

50k hours is about 6 years of continuous use, which we can say from experience is too low. We would estimate that operating 100 devices continuously for 10 years would result in 10 failures not due to external forces, and thus our estimate for statistical MTBF would be 500k hours or 57 years.