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Electromagnetic compatibility testing catches many new PCB designers completely off guard. In this clip, Todd Hubing, president of LearnEMC, shares his experience consulting with small companies who built products without any awareness of EMC requirementsβ€”only to discover at the attorney's office that their boards needed compliance testing before going to market. The reality is that most first-time designs fail these tests, not because the requirements are difficult, but because designers simply weren't aware they existed.

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