Spark Minda to inaugurate technical centre

Electrical-electronic content in a vehicle is increasing exponentially every passing year. Naturally this is impacting associated development and validation life-cycles which need to address special verification/validation needs of electronic control units and other E&E aggregates. EMI-EMC (Electromagnetic interference & Electromagnetic compatibility) chamber testing is one area where the automotive engineering community faces toughest challenges towards passing the tests with minimal and early design iterations.
To add to such challenges, very few facilities are available in India which addresses the need for automotive specific norms. Precisely to address such challenges, Spark Minda, Ashok Minda Group R&D Centre at Pune, SMIT- Spark Minda Technical Centre (a division of Minda Corporation Ltd, have built a state of EMI-EMC testing laboratory covering the entire spectrum of EMI-EMC tests viz. Radiated emissions, Radiated immunity, Conducted emissions and conducted immunity apart from ESD testing and automotive transient pulse testing. The laboratory is located in the premises of Spark Minda Technical Centre (SMIT) which houses a state of art development facility for automotive embedded systems.
One unique feature of this facility is availability of the competent design team/embedded laboratory to provide end to end solution to the customers helping them to pass their tests through quick design iterations.
SMIT team also offers RF/EMI-EMC simulation services for making early design corrections when the controller design is available only in soft domain viz. PCB Gerber files, Bill of Material and schematics.
Many customers including leading tier-1 automotive suppliers, OEMs have already started availing of these services and expressed their delight towards proactive role played by the testing team to work shoulder to shoulder with the customers and actively ensure successful passing of the tests.
The laboratory is actively pursuing steps required to obtain NABL accreditation shortly. This will be a unique combination of offering for the automotive customers as the complete EMC solution will be available under one roof – SMIT.
According to Suresh D, Group CTO- Spark Minda, and Ashok Minda, Group CEO, Spark Minda Technical Centre, “Our EMI-EMC facilities are addressing the long felt needs and pain-points of the Indian automotive engineering community. We are looking forward to act as a testing partner to most of the automotive subsystem suppliers and ensure them an early success in meeting required EMI-EMC testing norms for their designs.”