Conference to explain new test procedures

The Automotive EMC 2006 Conference offers a chance to hear first-hand of the significant changes to the law regarding the required EMC testing of products for use in automotive applications.

On 1st July this year the law regarding the required EMC testing of products for use in automotive applications (the "E"-marking Directive) changes.

The new directive 2004/104/EC was published less than 18 months ago and many in the automotive electronics design and the EMC test community may not be fully aware of the implications the changes in the directive may have on their products and services.

The Automotive EMC 2006 Conference: Driving the new directive on 17th May 2006 at the NEC, Birmingham, UK aims to give those whom this directive will affect the chance to hear first-hand what the changes are.

This will be the last chance before the directive becomes law to find out exactly how it might impact on your business and to be able to quiz some of the leading experts in the automotive EMC and design field on what these changes will entail.

There is a presentation on the changes as they impact component suppliers from one of the authors of the York Report, Ian Noble.

Dr Noble and the York EMC Services team were the people who put together the recommendations for the changes to the EU automotive EMC directive after extensive consultation with the industry across Europe.

A paper by Ayhan Gunsaya of the Ford Motor Company looks at how the changes will impact vehicle producers and their suppliers, including test service providers.

Ray Burn of Interlek has a look at how the new directive specifies a brake test and Gareth Jones of the Vehicle Certification Agency (the UK approval body for automotive homologation) will take questions from the audience on the implementation from the regulators perspective.

There are also papers on other aspects of automotive EMC outside of the new directive, including designing for high field immunity, testing for load dump, the requirements for UK emergency vehicles, a generic standard for suppliers and simulation methods for shielded cables and pulsed field testing for automotive radar.

This year's keynote speaker, Etienne Sicard, will start the conference by discussing the design requirements for integrated circuits to meet automotive demands for EMC.

The full programme and booking details are available online at the Automotive EMC Network website.

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