I suggest you add common mode chokes on HDMI, Ethernet, and USB. And on any
additional connectors you have coming from the board.

Gerald


On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 8:41 AM, Jonathan Mash <[email protected]> wrote:

> Gerald,
>
> Thanks for the speedy response. We do have an enclosure for our product
> but it is made of PC so it doesn't help much with EMC. The test lab also
> tried "painting" it with this conductive paint but it didn't help enough.
> I'll take up your offer and take this offline and contact you directly.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jon
>
> On Tuesday, 3 March 2015 19:05:56 UTC-5, Gerald wrote:
>>
>> A lot depends on SW as well. Best way to pass is to put it in a box, but
>> thee are some other things you can try that involve $$.
>>
>> You can contact me directly and we can have a lively discussion about
>> your issues.
>>
>> Gerald
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 1:24 PM, Jonathan Mash <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Good Afternoon,
>>>
>>> First off, thanks to the BB community for making this such a great
>>> resource for those working on the BBB and other boards. I have personally
>>> spent hours on this forum.
>>>
>>> I am hoping that someone monitoring this group may be able to help me
>>> and my company solve an EMC problem that we are facing the the BBB. *We
>>> are open to paid consultations to aid in solving this issue (Gerald?)*.
>>> We are building a product around the BBB that needs to pass FCC part 15
>>> Class B. We are having trouble passing the tests mostly around the 625 MHz
>>> range. We were only 1-2dB above the limit in one lab and almost 10dB over
>>> at another lab (yes, test equipment makes a big difference!). We tried it
>>> with and without our custom shield attached.
>>>
>>> There is another thread here: https://groups.google.
>>> com/forum/#!searchin/beagleboard/625/beagleboard/
>>> Y6BhtzKx2oY/YQ_xjmmkWusJ that seems to have the same problem. That
>>> thread seems to have lost attention of the key players in this group so I
>>> thought I would create another thread to bring more attention to this
>>> critical issue.
>>>
>>> We have done some pretty aggressive modifications to the board and the
>>> only way we can get the board to pass is by completely disabling (and
>>> depowering) the LAN PHY. This was accomplished by removing FB4 and mangling
>>> part of the device tree so we don't get a kernel panic on startup. Not an
>>> elegant solution, I know.
>>>
>>> As suggested in the other similar thread, we tried shorting R136 but it
>>> actually made the noise worse.
>>>
>>> We also tried disabling (removing Y4) the McASP oscillator as that was
>>> also generating quite a bit of noise. Didn't help enough.
>>>
>>> Has anyone other than CircuitCo been able to successfully pass FCC with
>>> the BBBw/Ethernet enabled as part of a system? CircuitCo was probably able
>>> to pass because they could isolate the BBB with big filters on all cables
>>> because they aren't selling the BBB as as system but as a component.
>>> Because ours is a "Commercial System", we need to test with all cables as
>>> they would be typically installed. No giant chokes for us.
>>>
>>> Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Jon
>>>
>>>
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>>
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