The newly-established EMCUK Academy is organising a one-day training course entitled Electronic Fundamentals for Good EMC, which will be run as part of an international conference to be held during the EMCUK 2007 conference and exhibition. This course aims to provide a thorough basic grounding in EMC practices and is offered during EMCUK 2007 at the reduced price of £127 - subsidised by The EMC Journal - whereas the normal price is £200. The price includes a buffet lunch, tea and coffee, plus the opportunity to visit the 60-stand exhibition.
Delegates will hear from two of the most respected authorities in the field, namely Keith Armstrong of Cherry Clough Consultants and Tim Williams of Elmac Services. Mechanical, PCB, interface and circuit design strategies will all be covered. After attending this course, delegates will be able to review all aspects of their designs - mechanical drawings, PCB layouts and circuit schematics - in confidence, to check adherence to principles of minimum disturbance emissions and maximum interference immunity.
Event organiser Alan Hutley, who is also CEO of the EMC trade organisation EMCIA (www.emcia.org) and Founder of the EMC Compliance Club (www.compliance-club.com), comments: "EMC issues affect designers in every sector, yet educational establishments in the UK have so far proved reluctant to develop rigorous EMC qualifications. The EMCUK Academy aims to co-ordinate and offer EMC training courses at affordable prices in locations to suit market demands, primarily for electronics design and test engineers who want to learn more and improve their EMC skills."
The full programme is as follows:
09:10 - 10:30 Mechanical design; enclosure layout and shielding
10:30 - 11:10 Visit to exhibition stands; coffee
11:10 - 12:30 PCB design: ground/power planes, layout, tracking, layer stack-up
12:30 - 14:00 Visit to exhibition stands; lunch
14:00 - 15:20 Interface design: cables, filters, connectors
15:20 - 16:00 Visit to exhibition stands; tea
16:00 - 17:20 Circuit design: decoupling, bandwidth limitation, balance and isolation
