by Kenneth Wyatt Cables are one of the key metallic structures on a product that can act as an antenna and couple energy, causing radiated emissions and possible compliance test failures. This has been discussed extensively in the literature on product design for EMI compliance. In many cases, they can resonate at their half-wave frequency and actually amplify any harmonic … [Read more...]
Budget SDR-Based Spectrum Analyzer
While there are a number of affordable spectrum analyzers available to the product designer or EMC engineer, such as the Rigol DSA800-series or Siglent SSA3000X-series, I discovered an extremely low cost analyzer useable for general-purpose EMI troubleshooting. This tiny module (Figure 1) is actually a high quality software defined radio (SDR) that can tune from 24 … [Read more...]
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Hi Everyone! I wanted to introduce myself as the new senior technical editor for Interference Technology. I spent the early part of my career in the aerospace industry as a design engineer and the last 20+ years as an EMC engineer, test center manager, and EMC lead for Hewlett-Packard and later the spin-off, Agilent Technologies. In 2008, I “retired myself” early and started a … [Read more...]
Troubleshooting EMI Seminar with Lee Hill: Interview
By Senior Technical Editor, Kenneth Wyatt. This interview was conducted on Dec 9th, 2015 in anticipation of the upcoming Troubleshooting EMI with Lee Hill: Identify, Characterize, and Prevent Interference Problems Seminar Tour hosted by Rohde & Schwarz and Interference Technology. The tour is running from March 10-24, 2016 in five different cities - Austin, TX; Irvine, CA; … [Read more...]
