Archive - Ignacio's Newsletter

Most teams choose an EMC lab without defining what they actually need

Not all the laboratories are created equal

Dec 30, 2025 • Ignacio de Mendizabal

The document that prevents projects from quietly derailing

The simplest way to turn EMC uncertainty into a managed risk

Dec 23, 2025 • Ignacio de Mendizabal

November 2025

Standards are (not) boring

Boring turns valuable with purpose

Nov 13, 2025 • Ignacio de Mendizabal

October 2025

Too much unclarity around the CE marking

Shouldn’t it be much easier?

Oct 15, 2025 • Ignacio de Mendizabal

June 2025

Leakage Current: The Part of EMC No One Talks About

It is just never about EMC

Jun 6, 2025 • Ignacio de Mendizabal

Did we build the right thing right? Testing our new Near-Field Probe kit

Jun 6, 2025 • Ignacio de Mendizabal

May 2025

Learning EMC while we wait for the samples

May 9, 2025 • Ignacio de Mendizabal

Designing your own kit of Near-Field Probes

May 3, 2025 • Ignacio de Mendizabal

EMC filters that look right but don’t work

May 2, 2025 • Ignacio de Mendizabal

April 2025

Designing good enough Near Field Probes

Apr 4, 2025 • Ignacio de Mendizabal

January 2025

Building a Hardware Startup is hard

Hardware Startups have it 10x harder to sell a hardware product

Jan 30, 2025 • Ignacio de Mendizabal

November 2024

Become a good manufacturer with the Radio European Directive

One of the most common questions I get when talking about certifications and selling devices in the European Union is:

Nov 1, 2024 • Ignacio de Mendizabal

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