Are Your EMC Tests Good Enough?

September 30th, 2008

Automotive DesignLine warns, “Inadequate EMC test means cars could be unsafe.”

It notes:

Clearly untested electromagnetic interferences could lead to dangerous failures on the road.

and

Mysterious malfunctions of electronic or electrical equipment, which may be inconvenient or annoying when the car is stationary, may endanger drivers and passengers at high-speed or if a vehicle is left stranded in a dangerous position.

This article links to another by Keith Armstrong of Cherry Clough Consultants, ‘Why EMC testing is insufficient, and what is necessary’ that says that automotive EMC test methods have not kept pace with the electronics now in cars and that there is a real possibility that the tests are not finding all of the potential EMC problems.

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