Developing a simple, modern and cost effective system for EMC pre-compliance measurements of conducted emissions

Reliability and safety of critical industrial processes depend on EMC of electronic equipments for ensuring signals integrity. Increasing complexity and quantity of power converters in industrial facilities state the challenge for efficient and fast testing for EMC compliance. This paper proposes a novel combination of EMC testing equipment for pre-compliance testing when EMC test sites are either unavailable or not appropriately priced for the given application. The proposed methods use modern data acquisition and processing equipment to allow a rapid development of hardware and software for in-house or out-in-the-field pre-compliance testing.