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Feb 22-24, 2016: Design Troubleshooting EMC and ESD

The seminar received positive feedback. If you missed it here are upcoming seminars:

  • April 5-6, Longmont, CO - "EMC Essentials” Design and Troubleshooting Workshop
  • May 16-18, Anaheim, CA - IEEE Product Compliance Engineering Symposium (ISPCE)
  • July 25-29, Ottawa, Canada - Annual EMC Sympsium

UPDATE: Ken Wyatt and Derek Walton have been added to the agenda for Thursday and Friday (Feb 25-26).

This three day seminar takes the best points from Doug Smith seminars and compresses them into three action packed days with lecture, video, and many demonstrations on live circuits. Time is allowed for attendees to operate the experiments if they want. In two days, attendees learn how to make accurate measurements in the lab and then apply those techniques to design verification and troubleshooting as well as EMC problems. The techniques and experiments are geared to the development lab and common equipment found there. During an optional third day, ESD/EMI at the system level will be covered as well as applying system level ESD stress to components, such as LEDs, in a test environment.

Click here, for an outline of the seminar. This seminar is derived from the following seminars and is composed of the best points from them to make the best use of your time. All attendees will receive a USB thumb drive with a pdf copy of the notes on it as well as other useful technical information.

More information available at EMCESD.com

Boulder City, Nevada

One of the best seminar venues in the EMC and ESD industry. The seminar fee includes hotel room for up to 4 nights, 2 meals (breakfast and lunch) daily and local transportation to and from Las Vegas McCarran Airport and the Boulder Dam Hotel via Private Limo.

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Seminar Outline

Download the registration form here.

Fax: 702-570-6013
E-mail: doug@dsmith.org

This seminar, and its demonstrations, are the product of a lifetime of experimentation and electronic design, 55+ years of electrical engineering (starting at age 12). Major concepts discussed in the seminar are illustrated with experiments on live circuits that were developed over years and are quite unique, enabling a deeper understanding of engineering concepts than seminars usually do. Many new topics and experiments have been added over the last few months that engineers and technicians will find very useful in producing, testing, or debugging new and existing designs of ALL types. No other seminar illustrates principles of design with experiments like this seminar does! Using the techniques presented in this seminar, design problems can be found and fixed in a few days, not weeks or months that are typical in the industry, not to mention being able to avoid the problems in the first place..

New Topics and Features added in 2015

  • Expanded section on switching power supply and class D amplifier noise
  • A new form of ESD/EFT generated by system power supplies (how your system can take itself out)
  • Analyzing systems as a collection of resonant, tuned circuits for robust design and troubleshooting
  • Effects of radio frequency signals on analog circuits
  • EMC test lab errors that can spoil your day
  • Simple antenna theory for troubleshooting EMC problems

Testimonials

"I have attended the entire suite of Doug's high frequency measurement classes and highly recommend them to anyone involved in troubleshooting signal integrity and EMC issues. There isn't a wasted minute in class. Each concept Doug teaches you can be put to use immediately. No fancy math needed...just down to earth, practical, hands-on approaches to solving problems. Doug classes are truly one-of-a-kind."

- Don MacArthur (Micron Technology)

"Doug is a wealth of information and very generous with his knowledge. His seminars are excellent, very engaging and relevent - great connection to the audience. Over the years I have asked for his help with various problems and have really appreciated his help."

- James Dull (Static Tek Inc,)

"Doug is one of the most talented engineers that I have had the pleasure to work with over many years. His engineering knowledge is extremely broad and surprisingly deep. Most engineers know a little about a number of subject areas. Doug on the other hand has the depth on almost any subject matter. Aside from being technically brilliant, Doug is also wonderful to work with. He was well liked by his team as well as others in the larger organization. With some luck, I will have the opportunity to work with Doug again."

Russell Lait (Auspex Systems, Inc.)