Using an RTL-SDR and OpenCV to Create an EMI Heatmap of Circuit Boards

Using an RTL-SDR and OpenCV to Create an EMI Heatmap of Circuit Boards

Over on YouTube and his blog user Charles Grassin has uploaded a short video and blog post showing how he’s using an RTL-SDR EMI (electromagnetic interference) probe and OpenCV to create a visual EMI heatmap. Charles’ project takes the RTL-SDR EMI probe idea a step further by combining it with OpenCV. With the EMI data generated by the RTL-SDR EMI probe, and a camera pointed at a PCB, Charles is able to overlay a heatmap on top of the visual image which reveals the EMI hot spots on a PCB.

Source: www.rtl-sdr.com