Standard Training Courses

Practical EMC, SI, and PI Training Courses

For Practising Engineers

Electronic, Electrical, System, Mechanical, PCB, and more.

We provide highly practical guidance using plain English with minimal, straightforward mathematics. Our methods are well-proven over more than 26 years to help you successfully address all Signal Integrity (SI), Power Integrity (PI), and Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) issues on your very first design iteration—saving significant development time, reducing costs, and creating more successful products and systems.

How to Book & Access Materials

Standard Courses (1 to 5 Days): For details on our standard course offerings, please get in touch with us.
Course Notes & Materials: To access our online training course notes (provided as high-quality color PDFs with 2 slides per page), please contact us directly.
On-Site & Public Group Training (5+ People): If you would like to organize an on-site or public training course tailored to your team, please reach out to us so we can align the material with your specific industry sector.
Webinar-Style Online Training (Up to 1,000 People): We organize large-scale online webinar courses for both in-house teams and public audiences. Please review our module options below and get in touch with us to arrange your custom training package.

Available Training Modules & Course Directory

Electronic Design

Module / Course TitleDuration

Module 1: The Physical Basis of EMC (Without Maths)3 hrs

Module 2: EMC Design of Cables and Connectors (Shorter version available for mechanical designers)2 hrs

Module 3: Filtering for EMC (Shorter version available for mechanical designers)2 hrs

Module 4: Shielding for EMC (Longer version available for mechanical engineers)2 hrs

Module 5: Heatsink Design for EMC1½ hrs

Module 6A: Essential SI, PI, and EMC Design and Layout Techniques for PCBs1 day

Module 7: Circuit Design for EMC (Digital, analogue, switch-mode, wired communications)2 hrs

Module 8: Component Selection for EMC1 hr

Module 9: Suppressing Electromechanical Devices (Switches, relays, motors, sliprings, spark ignition, etc.)1 hr

Module 10A: Advanced SI, PI, and EMC Design and Layout Techniques for PCBs1 day

Module 11: Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Protection Techniques1 hr

Module 12mil: Suppressing Surges & Transients on Military Vehicle DC Power Supplies, Signals, Data, and Control1½ hrs

Module 12dc: Suppressing Surges & Transients on Vehicle DC Power Supplies, Signals, Data, and Control1½ hrs

Module 12: Suppressing Surges & Transients on AC and DC Power Supplies, Signals, Data, and Control2 hrs

Module 13+14: Reducing Emissions of Harmonics (Power Factor Correction / PFC), Voltage Fluctuations, and Flicker into the AC Mains1 hr

Module 15: Improving Immunity to Poor Power Quality (Dips, dropouts, sags, swells, brownouts, and interruptions)1½ hrs

Module 16: Adding Wireless Data Communications and GNSS to Products2 hrs

Module 17: Overview of Common IEC/EN EMC Tests (Designed for product designers, not testers)2 hrs

Module 18: Quick, Easy, Low-Cost Near-Field / Close-Field EMC Measurements with Huge Benefits in Every Project Stage (A complete how-to guide including an equipment shopping list)2 hrs

Module 19: Protecting Semiconductor Sensors½ hr

Switch-Mode Power Converters and Motor Drives for All Applications: Design for EMC1 day

Analogue Design Techniques for EMC and RF Immunity½ day

Electromagnetic Phenomena – Where they come from, what they affect, and why (Covers 10 phenomena from 50Hz magnetic fields to GHz radiation)2 hrs

Assessing an Electromagnetic (EM) Environment: Analyses, calculations, assessments, measurements, and existing data1 hr

Pro-Audio: Audio-frequency shield current induced noise is negligible (As long as it does not flow in the 0V system)¾ hr

Equipment Safety & Compliance Extensions

The Safe Design of Electrical Equipment & Compliance (Comprehensive): Includes IEC 62368-1, Non-CE-marking Safety Directives, and Functional Safety. (2 days)
The Safe Design of Electrical Equipment & Compliance (Standard): Includes IEC 62368-1; does not include Non-CE-marking Safety Directives or Functional Safety. (1.5 days)
The Safe Design of Electrical Equipment & Compliance (Core Principles): Includes IEC 62368-1; does not include basic safety principles, hazard/risk assessments, Non-CE Marking Safety Directives, or functional safety. (1.0 day)
Techniques and Measures for Managing Functional Safety and other risks caused by EMI. (½ day)

Mechanical Design

Please refer to the course list under Electronic Design.

Several electronic design modules can be delivered with the circuit-level material removed, focusing entirely on mechanical design issues (e.g., shielding, cables, and connectors).
Multiple modules contain zero circuit content and are perfectly suited for pure mechanical tracks, while others can be supplemented with additional mechanical design content upon request.

Electrical Assembly & Wiring

Review of EMC Practices in Electrical Assembly and Wiring | 1½ hrs
Designing and Assembling Industrial Cabinets (e.g., control panels) | 3 hrs
Designing and Assembling Photocopiers and Similar Automated Products | 3 hrs
Designing and Assembling Domestic Appliances | 3 hrs
EMC for Cables and Connectors (1-hour version also available) | 2 hrs
Bonding Cable Screens at Both Ends | ¾ hr
The Benefits of Applying IEC 61000-5-2 for Cable Screen Bonding and Earthing | ¾ hr
Earth? What Earth? | ½ hr
Traditional Techniques Compromise EMC and Worsen Reliability | 1 hr
Filtering for EMC (1-hour version also available) | 2 hrs
Shielding for EMC (1-hour version also available) | 2 hrs
Designing and Testing for Product Safety Using EN 61010-1:2001 | 1 day
Designing and Testing for Product Safety Using EN 60950 | 1 day
Designing and Testing for Product Safety and LVD Compliance | 1 day
Designing and Testing for EMC for Functional Safety (½-day version also available) | 1 day

Systems & Installations (Design & Construction)

Also relevant for Control Panel designers.

The Requirements of the EMC Directive for "Fixed Installations" | ¾ hr
The Requirements of the EMC Directive for Custom Equipment | ¾ hr
Overview of Good EMC Engineering Practices in Electrical Assembly and Wiring | 1½ hrs
Overview of Good EMC Engineering Practices for Systems and Installations | 1½ hrs
Overview of Good EMC Engineering Practices in System Design | ½ hr
Overview of the EMC Issues for Systems and Installations | 1 hr
Good EMC Engineering Practices for Systems and Installations (1-day version available) | 2 days
Good EMC Engineering Practices for Installations | 3½ hrs
Good EMC Engineering Practices in the Design and Assembly of Industrial Cabinets | 3½ hrs
Good EMC Engineering Practices in Building Installations — For Architects | 3½ hrs
CE + CE Does Not Equal CE! — What to do instead | 1 hr
Cabling and Earthing in Systems and Installations | 1½ hrs
The Benefits of Applying IEC 61000-5-2 for Cable Screen Bonding and Earthing | ¾ hr
Assessing Electromagnetic Environments and Specifying EM Performance | ¾ hr
Assessing an Electromagnetic Environment | 1 hr
Earth? What Earth? | ½ hr
Traditional Techniques Compromise EMC and Worsen Reliability | 1 hr
Bonding Cable Screens at Both Ends | ¾ hr
Good EMC Engineering Practices for Installing Small Domestic or Commercial Systems | 1 hr
Harmonics and Power Factor Correction in Electrical Power Distribution Networks | 1 hr
Pro-Audio: Audio-frequency shield current induced noise is negligible (as long as it does not flow in the 0V system) | ¾ hr
Pro-Audio: Interference-Free Pro-Audio Systems | ¾ hr
The "RSS Spreadsheet" Approach to EMC Compliance for Systems Integrators | 1 hr
The Physical Basis of EMC (1½ and 2-hour versions available) | 2½ hrs
Electromagnetic Phenomena – Where they come from, what they affect, and why (Covers 10 phenomena, from 50Hz magnetic fields to GHz radiation) | 1 day
Designing and Testing for Product Safety Using EN 61010-1:2001 | 1 day
Designing and Testing for Product Safety Using EN 60950 | 1 day
Designing and Testing for Product Safety and LVD Compliance | 1 day
Designing and Testing for EMC for Functional Safety (½-day and 2-day versions available) | 1 day

Management & Procedures

Introduction to EMC for Reducing Financial Risks | 1 day
What is EMC? And Why is it Now a Commercial Necessity? (1-hour version available) | 2 hrs
The Real Engineering and Financial Need for EMC | 1 hr
Managing EMC in Product Design and Manufacture (For compliance and competitive advantage) | 1½ hrs
Managing EMC for Systems and Installations | 1½ hrs
EMC for Financial Directors (The real financial benefits of doing EMC properly across all company departments) | ½ hr
Trends in EMC | 1 hr
Exploding a Few EMC Myths | ¼ hr
CE + CE Does Not Equal CE! (for EMC) — What to do instead | 1 hr
Three Powerful QA Tools to Help Maintain EMC Compliance in Volume Production | ½ hr
Assessing Electromagnetic Environments and Specifying EM Performance | ¾ hr
Assessing an Electromagnetic Environment | 1 hr
EMC for Competitiveness | ½ day
CE + CE Does Not Equal CE! (for Safety) — What to do instead | 1 hr
Basic Principles for Managing Safe Design | 1½ hrs
Introduction to EMC for Functional Safety (¼, ½, ¾, 1, and 1½-hour versions available) | 2 hrs
A Procedure for Managing EMC for Functional Safety | ¾ hr
Designing and Testing for EMC for Functional Safety (½-day version available) | 1 day

EMC for Functional Safety

Also tailored for High-Reliability Systems & Legal Metrology.

Introduction to EMC for Functional Safety (½, ¾, 1, or 1½-hour versions available) | 2 hrs
Designing and Testing for EMC for Functional Safety (Suitable for high-reliability systems and legal metrology; based on industry-standard courses) | 1 day
Why Immunity Testing is Inadequate for EMC | ½ hr
Functional Safety Requires More Than Generic EMC Testing | ½ hr
Progress with EMC for Functional Safety Requirements in Safety Standards | ½ hr
New Guidance on EMC and Safety for Machinery | ½ hr
Established Guidance Frameworks on EMC-Related Functional Safety | ½ hr
A Procedure for Managing EMC for Functional Safety | ¾ hr
EMC and Functional Safety for Medical Devices and Healthcare (1½-hour version available; explains why applying EN 60601-1-2 alone may be inadequate) | 2 hrs
EMC for Functional Safety for Automobiles (1½-hour version available; explains why standard directives are often inadequate) | 2 hrs
EMC for Functional Safety for Product Liability (1½-hour version available) | 2 hrs
EMC for Functional Safety for the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry (1½-hour version available) | 2 hrs
EMC for Functional Safety for Railways (Rolling stock, signaling, and installations; 1½-hour version available) | 2 hrs
EMC for Functional Safety for the Nuclear Industry (1½-hour version available) | 2 hrs
Basic Principles of Safe Design | 1½ hrs
Assessing Electromagnetic (EM) Environments and Specifying EM Performance | ¾ hr
Assessing an Electromagnetic (EM) Environment | 1 hr
Electromagnetic Phenomena – Where they come from, what they affect, and why (Covers 10 phenomena, from 50Hz magnetic fields to GHz radiation) | 1 day
The Physical Basis of EMC (1½ and 2-hour versions available) | 2½ hrs

Compliance

Introduction to CE/UKCA Marking (Covers EMC, LVD, Machinery, and Product Liability Directives only) | 5 hrs
Creating Technical Documentation Files for Compliance Marking | ¾ hr
"Those Other Directives" — 18 directives that can unexpectedly affect electrical/electronic manufacturers | ½ day
EMC for Safety and Compliance with Medical Device Directives (Overview) | 1½ hrs
EMC for Compliance with Safety Regulations (½, ¾, 1, and 1½-hour versions available) | 2 hrs
Complying with the LVD (Low Voltage Directive) | 1 hr
Creating the LVD Technical File | ¾ hr
CE + CE Does Not Equal CE! (for the LVD) — What to do instead | 1 hr
Basic Safety Engineering Design Principles | 1½ hrs
Designing for Product Safety and LVD Compliance | 1 day
Complying with the Machinery Directive | 1 hr
The Requirements of the EMC Directive for "Fixed Installations" | ¾ hr
The Requirements of the EMC Directive for Custom Equipment | ¾ hr
Using Good EMC Engineering Practices to Reduce Financial Risks and Achieve EU/UK Compliance | 1 day
Complying with the Core EMC Directives (1 and 1½-hour versions available) | 2 hrs
Why Designing-In EMC is Essential | ½ hr
Deep Dive into Updated EMC Directives (1 and 1½-hour versions available) | 2 hrs
Assessing Electromagnetic (EM) Environments and Specifying EM Performance | ¾ hr
Assessing an Electromagnetic (EM) Environment | 1 hr
EMC – Street Legal at Low Cost | 1 hr
Brief Review of Low-Cost EMC Compliance Routes (With minimal testing) | ½ hr
The "Self-Declaration to Standards" Route to EMC Compliance | 1 hr
The "RSS Spreadsheet" Approach to EMC Compliance for Systems Integrators | 1 hr
The Technical Construction File (TCF) Route to EMC Compliance | 1 hr
Three Powerful QA Tools to Help Maintain EMC Compliance in Volume Production | ½ hr

Testing & Standards for Designers

What are Harmonized Compliance Standards? (Includes an overview of Notified Standards) | ½ hr
Overview of Compliance Testing Standards for General Directives | 2 hrs
EN 61000-6-1: Generic Immunity (Residential, commercial, and light industrial) | 1 hr
EN 61000-6-2: Generic Immunity (Industrial environments) | 2 hrs
EN 61000-6-3: Generic Emissions (Residential, commercial, and light industrial) | ¾ hr
EN 61000-6-4: Generic Emissions (Industrial environments) | ¾ hr
EN 61000-3-2 & EN 61000-3-12: Mains Harmonic Emissions | 1 hr
EN 61000-3-2 & EN 61000-3-11: Voltage Fluctuations and Flicker Emissions | 1 hr
EN 55022 / CISPR 32: Information Technology and Telecomm Equipment, Emissions | 1 hr
EN 55024 / CISPR 35: Information Technology and Telecomm Equipment, Immunity | 2 hrs
EN 55103-1: Professional Audio, Video, and Lighting Industry (PAVI) Emissions | 1 hr
EN 55103-2: Professional Audio, Video, and Lighting Industry (PAVI) Immunity | 2 hrs
EN 55013: Radio and TV Broadcast Receivers, Emissions | 1 hr
EN 60601-1-2: Medical Devices, Emissions and Immunity | 2 hrs
EN 55011: Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (ISM) Equipment, Emissions | ¾ hr
EN 55014-1: Household Appliances and Electric Tools, Emissions | ¾ hr
EN 55014-2: Household Appliances and Electric Tools, Immunity | 1½ hrs
EN 61326-1: Measurement, Control, and Laboratory Equipment, Emissions/Immunity | 2½ hrs
EN 60950 / EN 62368: Safety for Information Technology and Business Machines | 4½ hrs
EN 60065: Safety for Mains-Operated Household Apparatus | 4½ hrs
EN 60204-1: Safety of Electrical Equipment of Machines | 4½ hrs
EN 61010-1: Safety of Equipment for Measurement, Control, and Laboratory Use | 4½ hrs
Routine Final Safety Tests for Manufactured Products and Equipment of All Types | 1½ hrs
Why Immunity Testing is Inadequate for Total EMC Confidence | ½ hr
Functional Safety Requires More Than Simple Lab Testing | ½ hr
Testing EMC for Functional Safety Applications | 2 hrs
D-I-Y EMC Product Testing at Low Cost: For design, development, pre-compliance, problem-solving, and ongoing manufacturing QA | 1 day
Low-Cost D-I-Y EMC Test Chambers | 1 hr

Testing & Standards for Testers

Emissions Testing: Common Elements to All Test Implementations | 1½ hrs
Conducted RF Emissions (Based on EN 55022 / CISPR 22/32) | 1 hr
Radiated RF Emissions (Based on EN 55022 / CISPR 22/32) | 1 hr
Mains Harmonic Emissions (Based on IEC 61000-3-2) | 1½ hrs
Mains Voltage Fluctuations and Flicker (Based on IEC 61000-3-3) | 1½ hrs
Immunity Testing: Common Elements to All Test Implementations | 1½ hrs
Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Immunity (Based on IEC 61000-4-2) | 1 hr
Radiated RF Immunity Using Anechoic Chambers (Based on IEC 61000-4-3) | 1 hr
Fast Transient Burst Immunity (Based on IEC 61000-4-4) | 1 hr
Surge Immunity (Based on IEC 61000-4-5) | 1 hr
Conducted RF Immunity Using Bulk Current Injection (BCI) (Based on IEC 61000-4-6) | 1 hr
Conducted RF Immunity Using the EM-Clamp (Based on IEC 61000-4-6) | 1 hr
Conducted RF Immunity Using CDNs (Based on IEC 61000-4-6) | 1 hr
50/60Hz Magnetic Field Immunity (Based on IEC 61000-4-8) | 1 hr
Mains Dips and Dropouts Immunity (Based on IEC 61000-4-11) | 1 hr
Mains Harmonics and Interharmonics Immunity (Based on IEC 61000-4-13) | 1 hr
Three-Phase Unbalance Immunity (Based on IEC 61000-4-27) | 1 hr
Mains Frequency Variation Immunity (Based on IEC 61000-4-28) | 1 hr
DC Supply Dips, Interruptions, and Variations Immunity (Based on IEC 61000-4-29) | 1 hr
Audio Frequency Magnetic Field Testing (10Hz-50kHz) (From EN 55103-2) | 1½ hrs
What are Harmonized Compliance Standards? (Includes an overview of Notified Standards) | ½ hr
D-I-Y EMC Product Testing at Low Cost: For design, development, pre-compliance, problem-solving, and ongoing production QA | 1 day
D-I-Y EMC Testing to Generic Standards by Fully Applying the Test Standards | 2 days
D-I-Y EMC On-Site Testing for Large Apparatus and Installations (Assumes pre-existing laboratory test environment knowledge) | 1 day
Low-Cost D-I-Y EMC Test Chambers | 1 hr

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