EMC Introduction
EMC Compliance
Testing
EMC compliance is now a requirement in virtually all parts of the developed world. Lack of a Declaration of Compliance means that your product is officially barred from almost all major markets. Even if you avoid the enforcement regime, how long before your competitors use compliance as a marketing tool?
EMC compliance generally means checking that your product does not cause interference and ensuring that it has adequate immunity against incoming interference. In the USA the FCC standards apply, elsewhere European standards are commonly used. Both sets of standards are similar and use the same test equipment.
Your compliance strategy could be to use test labs to check your product, or do the testing yourself, or to use a combination of the two. The optimum route depends on the volume of product and number of different products to be tested. Generally, if more than five tests per annum will be required, self testing offers clear advantages in convenience, cost and timescale.
There are clear benefits in testing a product throughout the development cycle. Costly redesigns and the associated delays are avoided. The advantages of having your own test system become paramount if this strategy is adopted.
Many standard test techniques require specialised test sites and/or test chambers. Laplace have researched and developed unique techniques which enable you to test your product in your own environment with confidence. This means that you can test on your own site, in the office, factory or laboratory, without travelling to test labs or specialised sites.
Emissions test kits RF & EMC Probes Immunity testing Harmonics & Flicker analyser
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