Monitoring and meeting regulations is an ongoing challenge for every business, regardless of the products they make or the services they provide. Manufacturers of commercial electronic products, for example, must comply with strict electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) regulations. To achieve compliance, the manufacturers use electromagnetic interference (EMI) and electrostatic discharge (ESD) scanners early in the development cycle to verify that each product’s radiated emissions are within allowable levels.
San Jose, CA-based Amber Precision Instruments Inc. (API) has been making these types of scanners and integrating them into small-scale EMC test stations since September 2006. Well-known users of these stations include Samsung Electronics Co., LG Electronics and Intel Corp.