Software as a tool for controlling EMI/EMC

Abstract

Traditional methods of controlling electromagnetic interference (EMI) typically deal with hardware-based solutions such as grounding, bonding, shielding, filtering, and equipment placement. With the evolution of microprocessor- and computer-controlled systems, system flexibility and effectiveness increase up to a point where ambiguities reduce effectiveness and introduce the potential for a new form of EMI. Software, however, can become a tool for system designers, and E/sup 3/ and software engineers to use in controlling EMI and managing system electromagnetic compatibility (EMC).<>