The UK's premier EMC consultancy
Elmac Services offer design consultancy and training on EMC aspects at all stages of electronic and electrical product development. This includes individual consultancy and training seminars to your own requirements. We have particular expertise in the European EMC Directive and the application of European EMC standards and test methods.Many companies do not have the resources to be expert in EMC and need the services of an EMC consultant. We can help you with
- one-to-one advice on meeting the EMC Directive (and other EMC requirements) and applying its standards
- assessing your designs at an early stage for conformance to EMC principles, and proposing an EMC test plan
- training your staff on how to incorporate EMC principles into their designs, and on the management implications of the EMC Directive
- advice and training on setting up and using your own test facility, whether for accredited testing or otherwise
- proposing design changes for products which have failed EMC tests or are showing EMC-related reliability problems
Elmac Services have extensive experience in product design to both immunity and emission standards. We number a wide variety of electrical and electronics companies among our clients, from the smallest to the largest. If you have EMC problems, we'll help you solve them.
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Training in 2008
The one day training seminar presented by Elmac's Tim Williams and Cherry Clough's Keith Armstrong at Cardiff in April attracted over 100 delegates, who heard an overview of EMC techniques for electronic design, including:
- mechanical design - shielding and grounding
- PCB design - ground planes, layout
- interface design - cables, connectors and filters
- circuit design - choice of components
Another instance of this presentation will occur in Newbury at the next EMCUK conference and exhibition in October, and further ones are planned for the north of England later this year. Meanwhile, if you can't wait, get in touch for an in-house training course - our training page lists a whole menu of topics that can be covered, all you need to do is choose.
Emissions measurements using time domain techniques
A workshop is being organised for 26th June 2008 on the topic of how Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) analysis techniques can be used for EMC emissions measurements. The FFT method is already implemented in some instruments from Rohde & Schwarz and Agilent, and it promises to revolutionise some aspects of the cumbersome radiated and conducted emissions tests. Details of the workshop will shortly be available on the EMCTLA website.
Fourth edition of EMC for Product Designers
The seminal book EMC for Product Designers has been published in its fourth edition.
Changes include:
- complete revision of the chapter on the EMC Directive, to take account of edition 2, 2004/108/EC
- a new chapter on the R&TTE Directive, contrasting its provisions with those of the EMCD
- revision of the chapter on standards to keep it up to date
- a new chapter on other EMC sectors - automotive, aerospace and military, and rail
- expansion of the section on testing, to keep up to date with the ever-extending test regime and to introduce new material on test planning
- revision of the section on design, to introduce a few new interesting topics and techniques
- new chapters on systems EMC, as seen from the perspective of product designers, and on EMC management
- a new appendix of case studies
More book reviews
Still on the subject of books, a couple of reviews have been added to the book reviews page.
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