Design Troubleshooting, EMC, and ESD in Boulder City, NV

From a recent attendee, a senior engineer of many years: "I was lucky to reserve my seat early and attend last week. This was one of the best, most useful training weeks in my career. I walked away with a new tool box for the toughest EMC problems. Thank you Doug!"

New topics and features added recently:

New data for waveform purity and E-field radiation from most modern ESD simulators that will help you select a simulator that will be more likely to fail or pass your product. ESD testing standards do not adequately characterize the simulators leading to inconsistent test results. This data will help make sense of test results.
A signifiant improvement to my pulsed injection method of finding design flaws quickly will also be presented at this seminar.
A new troubleshooting technique that can predict failure risk due to product degradation in the field over time! There is nothing like this anywhere in the industry. This applies to both equipment, PCB, and integrated circuit design.
Measurement techniques for the design lab to find design flaws quickly.
An "ESD" test that can find design problems missed by conventional ESD testing and yet cause low probability, but critical field problems.
Expanded section on switching power supply and class D amplifier noise
A new form of ESD/EFT generated by system power supplies (how your system can take itself out)
Analyzing systems as a collection of resonant, tuned circuits for robust design and troubleshooting
Effects of radio frequency signals on analog circuits
EMC test lab errors that can spoil your day (much more common than you would think)
Simple antenna theory for troubleshooting EMC problems (leading to using your index finger as a useful troubleshooting tool)
High Voltage effects on systems (fields as well as new ESD techniques) up to 60 kV which is more common that one would think.

Seminar Outline: click here

This seminar, and its demonstrations, are the product of a lifetime of experimentation and electronic design, 55+ years of electrical engineering (starting at age 12). Major concepts discussed in the seminar are illustrated with experiments on live circuits that were developed over years and are quite unique, enabling a deeper understanding of engineering concepts than seminars usually do. Many new topics and experiments have been added over the last few months that engineers and technicians will find very useful in producing, testing, or debugging new and existing designs of ALL types. No other seminar illustrates principles of design with experiments like this seminar does! Using the techniques presented in this seminar, design problems can be found and fixed in a few days, not weeks or months that are typical in the industry, not to mention being able to avoid the problems in the first place.

This three day seminar takes the best points from my seminars and compresses them into three action packed days with lecture, video, and many demonstrations on live circuits. Time is allowed for attendees to operate the experiments if they want. In two days, you will learn how to make accurate measurements in the lab and then apply those techniques to design verification and troubleshooting as well as EMC problems. The techniques and experiments are geared to the development lab and common equipment found there. ESD/EMI at the system level will be covered as well as applying system level ESD stress to components, such as LEDs, in a test environment.

In addition, the seminar fee includes (for the same price that other seminars in the field cost for just the seminar and lunch):

Breakfast and lunch each day
Tour of the Boulder Dam Museum Tuesday afternoon
A PDF electronic color copy of the notes.
A one year membership in the Boulder Dam Museum for unlimited visits to the Boulder Dam Museum, discounts at the Boulder Dam Hotel, and more.
And, a complimentary consulting session on one of the three evenings after the seminar or Friday morning on a first come, first served basis.
A FUN and educational experience.

During your stay, walk around town and experience the scenic, quaint town of Boulder City, NV. Boulder City is like living in the 1950s but with high speed Internet! However, the glitter of Las Vegas is only ~25 miles away.

Cancellation Policy: Please read before booking this seminar. Since there are only six seats for a great experience I cannot offer refunds, But there are options:

If you need to cancel, I can accomodate you in a future seminar, space permitting, at no additional cost. I keep a seventh seat open for this purpose. Since I hold these seminars every six to 8 weeks, you should be able to attend reasonably soon after the missed seminar. This is more than most instructors offer.
If you are delayed in coming, for instance, your flight is cancelled becasue of a storm, I usually keep the Friday after the seminar open and we can use that day to make up missed material from the first day. Do not plan to arrive the morning of the seminar or late the night before though as that leaves you no options for normal issues like missign the flight. If your flight is cancelled for weather or airline issues, they will usually let you rebook your return flight with no penalty so you can stay the Friday.
If an emergency results in many people not being able to make it to the seminar, such as a giant winter storm or 9/11 type of event, You can either attend a future event or I will reschedule the seminar as soon as possible after the original one. You can either attend this replacement seminar or come to a future one, no additional charge.

This seminar combines features from my University of Oxford classes for three days of practical information. Seminar Outline

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The Boulder City, NV seminar above is a very special event. Attendance is limited to insure a "one-on-one" experience. The seminar is held in beautiful Boulder City, NV near Hoover Dam at the Boulder Dam Hotel. Previous people attending have rated these seminars as the best they have ever taken! There are no lengthly forms to fill out, just contact me by phone or email for details or to register. To see testimonials, click here

Contact me if you are interesting in having a private "seminar-on-demand" for your company in Boulder City or on-site at your company location. The material can be custom tailored to your interests from topics you see on this website for groups of 2 to 8 people on short notice. Click here to send an email requesting details. I can also arrange a session in Boulder City to troubleshoot your design on my test bench for small products.