Standards and Regulations Quick Reference

General Electrical Standards:

• ANSI C84.1 - American National Standard for Electric Power Systems and Equipment - Voltage Ratings (60 Hertz)
• Voltage Input Specifications for American supply mains operated equipment. A nice practical overview is provided by PowerQualityWorld
• NFPA 70 - National Electric Code (US)
• Comprehensive American electric code for building wiring
• CAN/CSA C22.1-12 - Canadian Electrical Code
• ANSI/NEMA WD 6 - Wiring Devices—Dimensional Specifications
• Mechanical specifications for NEMA (home outlet) jacks and plugs
• IEEE 1149.1 - Test Access Port and Boundary-Scan Architecture 
• JTAG standard
• IEC 60050 - International Electrotechnical Vocabulary
• Online searchable technical glossary with traceable definitions
• UL 1310 - Class 2 Power Units
• Safety standard for "Class 2" (i.e. doubly insulated with no safety/chassis grounding) power supplies
• IEEE 315 - Graphic Symbols for Electrical and Electronics Diagrams (Including Reference Designation Letters)

Printed Circuit Design:

• IPC Standards Tree (PCB and Flex Circuit design/manufacturing/inspection standards)
• Printed Circuit Design:
• IPC 2221 - Generic Standard for Printed Circuit Design
• IPC 7351 - Generic Requirements for Surface Mount Design (Land Patterns)
• Printed Circuit Manufacturing/Performance
• IPC 6012 - Qualification and Performance Specification for Rigid Printed Boards
• MIL-PRF-31032 - General Performance Specification for Printed Circuit Board/Printed Wiring Board 
• Printed Circuit Inspection (Bare Board)
• IPC-A-600 - Acceptability of Printed Boards
• Assembly/Soldering
• J-STD-001 - Requirements for Soldered Electrical and Electronic Assemblies
• Assembly Inspection
• IPC-A-610 - Acceptability of Electronics Assemblies
• Slash sheets exist for general specifications for laminates, copper foil, etc - see the standards tree link. Printed circuit drawing may define materials by specifying the IPC slash sheet requirements.

General Product Standards:

• IEC 60529 - Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code)
• Standard for degrees of protection from dust and fluid ingress
• UL 94 - Tests for Flammability of Plastic Materials for Parts in Devices and Appliances
• Standard for plastic material flammability ratings (self-extinguishing properties)
• UL 746A - Polymeric Materials - Short Term Property Evaluations (Electrical Ignition)
• Standard for plastic material flammability ratings (electrical ignition properties)
• ISO 9001 - Quality management systems - Requirements
• General standard for enterprise quality management systems
• ISO 7000 - Graphical symbols for use on equipment -- Registered symbols
• International standard for symbol graphics
• ISO 8601 - Data elements and interchange formats – Information interchange – Representation of dates and times
• International standard for representing dates and times
• ASME Y14 - Engineering Drawings
• Has many sub-parts/sub-standards for most aspects of technical drawings
• ASME Y14.44 covers schematic reference designators

Military & US Government Standards:

• Many defense and government standards are freely available at ASSIST
• MIL spec standard microcircuit drawings (SMD) cross-reference available from DLA
• MIL specs for parts also available from DLA
• AS9100 - Quality Management Systems

Medical Device Standards:
Electrical Safety

• IEC 60601-1 - Medical electrical equipment - Part 1: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance
• International standard for medical device safety. Many countries have their own nationalized version, e.g. AAMI/ANSI 60601-1 (for compliance with US electrical code). Has multiple associated collateral standards (sub-parts). 60601-1 is not technically a prerequisite for 510(k) clearance but in practice is near-necessity to help demonstrate electrical and use safety.  
• IEC 60601-1-2 - Medical electrical equipment - Part 1-2: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance - Collateral standard: Electromagnetic compatibility - Requirements and tests
• 47 CFR §15 - Radio Frequency Devices
• FCC regulations covering intentional and unintentional EM radiators
• FDA Recognized Consensus Standards are searchable from their website

Quality Systems and Risk Management

• ISO 13485 - Medical devices - Quality management systems - Requirements for regulatory purposes
• Similar to the American FDA quality system regulations 21 CFR §820
• ISO 14971 - Medical devices - Application of risk management to medical devices
• Risk = Probability of Harm for a given hazardous situation (P2) x Probability of Occurrence of given hazardous situation (P1)

Human Factors and Usability

• AAMI HE75 - Human factors engineering - Design of medical devices
• Comprehensive human factors standard for medical devices
• IEC 62366 - Medical devices - Application of usability engineering to medical devices

Labelling

• ISO 15223-1 - Medical devices. Symbols to be used with medical device labels, labelling and information to be supplied. General requirements
• MIL-STD-130

Systems Engineering:

• ISO/IEC 15288 - Systems and software engineering - System life cycle processes
• High-level standard for a complete system lifecycle
• ISO/IEC 19760 - A guide for the application of ISO/IEC 15288 (System life cycle processes)
• IEEE 1220 - IEEE Standard for Application and Management of the Systems Engineering Process
• A much more specific example of one way to implement IEC 15288
• ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010 - Systems and software engineering. Architecture description
• ISO 9241-210 - Ergonomics of human-system interaction -- Part 210: Human-centred design for interactive systems
• IEC 15026 - Assurance Cases

Illumination Engineering:

• IES HB-10 - The IES Lighting Handbook
• Comprehensive guide to lighting engineering

Regulations:

General

• 29 CFR §1910.399 - Inspection by a NRTL - see Certified and Acceptable
• This regulation effectively requires NRTL safety marking for electronic installations in a workplace
• 49 CFR §173.185 - LITHIUM CELLS AND BATTERIES
• Hazardous materials regulation concerning the transportation of lithium cells and batteries (& products containing them)
• Directive 2011/65/EU - (RoHS) restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment
• Restriction of hazardous materials in electronics (e.g. lead-free)
• Directive 2006/121/EC - Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)
• Further restrictions of hazardous materials in electronics

Packaging and Transportation

• NMF-100 - National Motor Freight Classification
• IATA Lithium-Ion Packaging Instructions 965-970
• Packing and labeling instructions for lithium-ion batteries

Medical Devices
United States:

• 21 CFR §820 - Quality System Regulation
• 21 CFR §801 - Labeling
• 21 CFR §807 - Premarket Notification
• 21 CFR §803 - Medical Device Reporting

Canada:

• SOR/98-282 - Medical Device Regulations

Europe:

• Directive 93/42/EEC