Dear Sean,
I need to protect my application from the external environment, namely
from the interference caused by a spark plug. It's a motorbike application.

The spark at the oscilloscope looks like an impulse with 1uS rising edge
and 20-25uS falling edge.

With kind regards,
Mario


At 17.55 2011.11.06, you wrote:
>Hi Mario,
>
>I believe that the thickness does matter to some degree. Also, it
>greatly depends on what you are trying to do - prevent radiation FROM
>your device, protect your device from external EM radiation, protect
>your device from external low-frequency fields, etc. Can you describe
>your application further?
>
>Shielding is a tough subject - it is difficult to get it right the
>first time. I would suggest that you get your circuit working
>properly, including the shielding aspects, before you pot it.
>
>Sean
>
>
>On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Electron <electron2k4@infinito.it> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>> when shielding sensitive eletronics is the thickness of the metal=20
>shield important?
>>
>> As I'm gonna pot my small circuit into epoxy, I'm tempted to use=20
>cheap aluminium
>> foil to shield the circuit (which seems necessary since I increased the =
clock
>> speed (PLLx16), and the environment is disturbed, at 1/16s speed it=20
>never crashed
>> although all the EMI).
>>
>> Greets,
>> Mario
>>
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