Automotive Electrical and EMC Testing

Ensure your electrical systems and components’ compliance with SAE, OEM, E/e-Mark, national, and international regulatory EMC standards, including pre compliance and test plan development services. Our engineers perform testing at both the component/module and chip/IC levels, and utilize state-of-the-art CAN bus data acquisition software to monitor the interaction between your components and simulated loads, allowing us to accurately predict whole vehicle compliance. Intertek is recognized as technical service underneath the German car authority (KBA).

• Bulk Current Injection (BCI)
• CAN bus Device Monitoring
• Conducted Emissions (CE)
• Conducted Immunity (CI) - (ALSE/REVERB)
• Electromagnetic Field Analysis (EMAG)
• Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)
• EMC/EMI Diagnostic Testing
• Radiated Emissions (RE)
• Radiated Immunity (RF) - (ALSE)
• Related Automotive EMC Services
• EMF field measurements
• ECE-R 10 testing

Automotive EMC testing is performed at strategic locations globally to support the needs of the industry, including Grand Rapids, Michigan (USA), Kaufbeuren (Germany) and Shanghai (China).

With an independent third-party testing partner, you can meet your business objectives for customer satisfaction to attain greater profitability. We have been supporting Tier 1 and Tier 2 customers in the automotive/off-road industry for more than 50 years, and can help you manage your Design Verification Plan and Report (DVP&R) process, Road Load Data Acquisition, USCAR testing and more. By offering a unique combination of automotive testing capabilities paired with a global presence, Intertek helps to drive your product to more markets, faster.

Automotive Electrical Testing

Automotive electrical testing involves any testing in which the DUT (Device Under Test) has power applied to it to verify functionality and/or performance under the test conditions. While there are a number of different test types, some of the more commonly requested electrical tests include:

• Button/Switch/Power cycling
• High/Low voltage
• High/Low current
• Environmental stressors such as temperature and humidity extremes
• Constant operation
• Thermal shock

These tests are conducted to evaluate how a product and its electronic components perform over the life of a product, to understand weak or failure modes, and to establish electrical performance benchmarking. Some of the most commonly used and referenced electrical testing standards include:

• Automotive: FMVSS 108
• Medical: 60601-1
• Custom testing programs based upon our clients informational goals

Download our Fact Sheet on Automotive Electrical Testing

EMC Basics with Mike Koffink