The Financial Case for an EMI/EMC Pre-Compliance Test Solution

Focus:

In this short blog from Tektronix, a maker of test equipment including a setup for making EMI measurements, argues that the cost of an in-house EMI pre-compliance test setup is justified. It outlines the ballpark costs associated with compliance testing (certification costs and test lab time) as well as engineering costs associated with troubleshooting and fixing problems that cause compliance test failures. It then puts these numbers in perspective by describing two case studies where companies accrued tens of thousands of dollars in costs per year using external test labs to prepare their products for compliance testing. The author then weighs these costs against that of Tektronix’s EMI pre-compliance test solution, discusses additional benefits, and gives an estimate on the customer’s return on investment.

What you’ll learn:

• How to estimate the costs of EMI/EMC pre-compliance and compliance testing
• How to justify the costs of purchasing an EMI pre-compliance test set-up

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Author & Publication:

David Akerson, Vendor website, Feb 24 2018

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