HTOOL

EMC Pre-compliance

Bench-level interference location, no chamber queue

The core need for EMC pre-compliance is to quickly find interference sources during R&D, avoiding repeated chamber testing. HTOOL uses near-field probe kits + handheld spectrum analyzers as a bench-level troubleshooting chain, for qualitative relative testing, hot-spot locating and rework comparison, not replacing chamber certification.

1Choosing the probe: HT06 versus HT08

HT06 (5-piece set): includes large/mid/small loop magnetic probes, E-field probe and needle tip probe, suitable for P1→P5 graded troubleshooting — P1 whole-unit rough locating, P3 device-level locating, P5 pin-level mm precision. HT08 (6-piece set, 9kHz–7GHz): additionally covers 9kHz low band for switching power supply harmonics; 4 magnetic + 2 E-field probes, balancing low-frequency conducted and high-frequency radiated, suitable for wider EMC baseline surveys.

2Spectrum analyzer setup

Use SA8T or SA12 as receiver, Max Hold to accumulate peak across sweeps, spectrogram to capture intermittent transient interference. For full-band rough sweep set RBW 300kHz, 0dB attenuation for sensitivity; after locking suspicious frequency narrow Span to ±5MHz for precise sweep.

3Typical emission sources

Switching power supply EMI, high-speed digital board clock harmonics, chassis shielding gap leakage, cable common-mode radiation, RF module leakage etc. Compare peak changes before/after rework with same probe under comparable conditions to verify shielding or filtering effectiveness.

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