What and what is IP certification for mobile devices?

Nowadays, in all parts of the world, the use of mobile devices is very common , especially since these are small devices that are easy to carry so that the user can play video games, update news and reports, listen to music with the best players and watch the videos you like the most.

You can buy them in different designs, sizes and weights. An advantage of them is that they are programmable and flexible, easy to handle as they have touch screens

These devices have good internal storage capacity and you can easily add external storage accessories such as: disks, MicroSD, SD, memories of greater capacity, among others.

In addition, they have good connectivity with wireless networks in which you can access an Internet network where you can receive and enter data.

What is an IP certification?

Mobile devices or computers have an interface that is connected to a network in which they can identify themselves. The abbreviations IP are derived from its termination in English International Protection or Ingrees Protection.

This unfortunatly determines protection against the entry or entry of external agents that can affect your mobile device such as water, dust, in addition to knowing the degree of resistance of your device.

What is IP certification on mobile devices and what is it used for?

The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) has founded this certification governed by IEC 60529 standards to measure the degree of protection of your mobile devices.

Its main rule is that if in the above-mentioned cases with regard to dust protection with the numbers 0 to 6 or water protection from 0 to 9, plus the starting number of the degree of protection is high, the device will be better protected.

Regarding dust, IP 0x has no protection , IP 1x: your device is protégé against solid bodies greater than 50 mm; IP 2x: covered against solid bodies greater than 12 mm; IP 3x: covered against solid bodies greater than 2,5 mm; IP 4x: covered against solid bodies greater than 1 mm; IP 5x: protected against dust and IP 6x: completely covered against dust.

If your device in the test you are doing marks the IP6x level, this is the highest it reaches because it does not allow any type of external solid particles to enter your device, if it did in your equipment I congratulate you because it is completely airtight. You can buy your certified mobile in a store like Amazon.

The certification in case of water ingress applied to devices is more complex, since it assesses the entry level of water or other liquid, let us know two main ones:

• IP x0: has no type of protection;
• IP x1: covered against vertically falling water drops.
• IP x2: covered against falling water droplets with a maximum tilt of 15 degrees
• IP x3: Covered against water mist at an angle of up to 60 degrees, leveled at 11 liters per minute.
• IP x4: covered against jets of water of any deviation, on average 10 liters per minute.
• IP x5: covered against water jets from any angle, level 12,5 liters per minute.
• IP x6: covered against strong jets of water, at a rate of 100 liters per minute from any angle
• IP x7: covered against the effects of partial immersion.
• IP x8: covered against submersion and last.
• IP 9K: covered against strong jets of water at high temperature, between 14 and 16 liters of water at 80 ° C per minute.