Free on-line, free hard copy in North America. Focus on commercial electronics, blanketing compliance related topics. In Compliance(you are reading it now) – monthly, with an annual buyers guide.The good news is that two are free, and all are filled with practical articles. There are several publications serving the EMC community. Easy to read, with all the great design advice applies to EMC too. High Speed Digital Design – A Handbook of Black Magic – written by Howard Johnson as the definitive guide on Signal Integrity.At the same time, very readable and practical. Introduction to Electromagnetic Compatibility, 2nd Edition – written by Clayton Paul, primarily as a college text, so it has lots of technical depth with all the field theory details.Well written, with all the equations you need without field theory or complex calculus. Electromagnetic Compatibility Engineering – written by Henry Ott as a major update to his previous book (Noise Reduction Techniques in Electronics Systems). A good place to start if you are new to EMC. Simple explanations and recommendations, with no equations or complex math. EDN Magazine Designer’s Guide to EMC – written by my late business partner Bill Kimmel and me as a beginner’s guide for non-EMC engineers.While I have over a hundred EMC books on my bookshelf, there are four I regularly recommend for newcomers to EMC. As a result, you may need to set up your own self-training program. Graduate programs are even more rare, and those that do exist usually focus on specific research. Unfortunately, undergraduate engineering classes on EMC are few and far between. An added advantage – you’ll also get to know the good folks at the test lab. It is amazing how much you can learn by just watching an EMC test. If you’re doing design work, get in as much test time as you reasonably can. If you are hired into an EMC lab, you’ll be doing this anyway under the supervision of an experienced EMC test engineer. Designers in specialized areas like power electronics, RF or analog circuits often have valuable insights applicable to EMC issues. And don’t limit yourself to EMC engineers. Don’t worry that you don’t know the answers – you are in learning mode. Trust me, this is a quick way to accelerate learning, particularly if you are a young engineer.īe curious, and ask questions. Participate in design reviews even if you don’t feel you know a lot about EMC. If you are responsible for the front-end design work, get to know the design teams. After all, they put you in this position, and they want you to do well. Since both sell their time, fees may or may not be involved, but your company should be willing to invest in your education. Good candidates for mentors are your local EMC test lab, or perhaps an EMC consultant. In this case, you may need to look outside the company. If you are in a smaller company, identifying a mentor may be more difficult, particularly if you are the sole EMC practitioner. Fortunately, most EMC engineers are happy to help – particularly the older ones, so don’t be afraid to approach the more senior members of your engineering staff. You need someone who has experience and who is willing and able to share it. If you are in a big company with an established EMC group, this may be your boss or a colleague. It won’t happen overnight, but with a plan (and some work), you can move from EMC-novice to EMC-expert. In this article, we’ll discuss what to do next. In any event, you’re now in the EMC trenches. Or maybe you just zigged when you should have zagged. “You’ve created interference, so you must know how to stop it, right?” Maybe you showed a knack for EMC troubleshooting, and suddenly you’re now the company expert – whether you want to be or not. Maybe you had incriminating information on your resume, such as being a radio ham. I t’s been said that nobody grows up wanting to be an EMC engineer. Here are some tips from an industry veteran.
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