MIL-STD-810

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The MIL-STD-810 series of standards are issued by the United States Army's Developmental Test Command, to specify various environmental tests to prove that equipment qualified to the standard will survive in the field. The current revision, as of 2006, is revision F, issued January 1, 2000, superseding revision E from 1989. The standard is thus commonly referred to as MIL-STD-810F.

Revisions up to Rev C used fairly generic tests for various classes of gear. Once Rev D came around (Circa 1985) the testing, in particular shock and vibration were more tailored for the actual expected operating environment.

It is important to know which methods a device is qualified under, and different methods test for different things.

For Instance:

MIL-STD 810E Method 500.3 Low Pressure (aka Altitude testing)

MIL-STD 810E Method 501.3 High Temperature (Both storage and operating)

MIL-STD 810E Method 502.3 Low Temperature (Ditto)

MIL-STD 810E Method 503.3 Temperature Shock (How well does the device handle going from high to low temps, and back)

MIL-STD 810E Method 506.3 Rain (How does the device do in wind blown rain)

MIL-STD 810E Method 507.3 Humidity (Can it handle high Humidity)

MIL-STD 810E Method 508.4 Fungus (device is exposed to warm moist air in the presence of Fungus to see if it grows on the device)

MIL-STD 810E Method 509.3 Salt Fog (does it rust/fail when exposed to salt fog)

MIL-STD 810E Method 510.3 Sand and Dust (how well does the unit work when exposed to - you guessed it - sand and dust)

MIL-STD 810E Method 511.3 Explosive Atmosphere (does it create enough sparks/etc to cause an explosive atmosphere to blow up)

MIL-STD 810E Method 512.3 Leakage

MIL-STD 810E Method 513.4 Acceleration (constant acceleration)

MIL-STD 810E Method 516.4 Shock (either Shock Response Spectrums, or Triangle/sine/square wave shocks) - also transport shock

MIL-STD 810E Method 519.4 Gunfire Vibration

MIL-STD 810E Method 520.1 Temp, Humidity, Vibration (Traditionally sine wave (pre D) - later random vibration - combined with Temp testing)

MIL-STD 810E Method 521.1 Icing, Freezing Rain (what it sounds like)

[edit] Applicability to consumer products

Some consumer products claim ruggedization to the level of this standard:

  • Some (not all) models of the Panasonic Toughbook line are claimed to comply with this standard.
  • The Motorola i580 cellular handset, usually used with Nextel service, is claimed to comply with this standard.

[edit] External links

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