TWEX Topics and Timetable

Andy Degraeve - The Limit Line, an associate of Cherry Clough Consultants Ltd

• Quick and Easy EMC Education using low-cost test equipment
• Quick and Easy EMC Diagnostics using low-cost test equipment

Ian MacDiarmid
Visiting Professor in Applied Electromagnetics at the University of Liverpool

• Electromagnetic Hazards (e.g. HIRF, EMC, EMP, DEW) – design, development, verification, qualification
• Installed antenna performance – design, development, verification, qualification

Geraldine Salt
BSI Standards Development Manager for EMC, Energy, Oil, Gas

• The standards-making process                  
• BS Online
• How to participate in International and European standards
• How to join a BSI Committee
• Demonstration of BSI standards development portal

• Automotive EMC Test Requirements for Vehicles and Components (Inc. Type Approval and OEM Corporate Requirements).
• Guidance on the Vehicle Electrical Architecture Design for EMC (Inc. HV Systems).
• Vehicle-Level EMC Problem Resolution.
• eMachine and Inverter Design for EMC.

• RED (Radio Equipment Directive) compliance (EU)
• EMC Directive compliance (EU)
• Machinery Directive compliance (EU)
• LVD & Electrical Safety
• Electromagnetic Exposure Safety
• Technical file construction
• RISK assessment
• On-site EMC Testing

• Static electricity and electrostatic discharges (ESD)
• Real world ESD: What they’re like and how they happen
• Electrostatics and ESD standards

• RF, Microwave and EMC design and testing to 50GHz
• Functional Safety (EN 61508).
• Automotive lighting
• Medical electronics
• Capacitive sensing
• Radiometric imaging
• PCB layout (Altium)
• Embedded software (Microchip PIC/AVR)
• 3D mechanical modelling
• Climatic (thermal) testing

• Design for EMC
• Motor Drive Related EMI
• Power Electronics Related EMI
• Shielding and grounding
• EMI in facilities
• Automotive, Home Appliance, Industrial, Multi-media and Medical

• Brexit
• CE and UKCA marking
• Northern Ireland and UKNI marking
• EU law
• Intellectual property in IT products
• Data protection, open source, IT security and Cloud computing