[Gerald Musy] wanted to investigate the source of electromagnetic interference (EMI) in his switching power supply design. Stymied by the high cost of EMI probes, he decided to build his own. Lucky for us, he wrote up his results of experimenting with four different designs.
The probes include an unshielded loop, a shielded loop, a ferrite core probe, and an electric field probe. None of these are especially complex to build–the ferrite core one is probably the most involved–you can see from the scope traces that the different probes pick up different information.
Of course, once you identify where the EMI is coming from, your next task is what to do about it. The probes won’t help you figure that out, but identifying the source of the interference is a critical first step.
Some scope probes are very expensive commercially. Building your own can be a viable alternative. We’ve also used the old syringe trick to make specialized probes for many years.
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