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>I know one of the tricks to detect flickering: look at the emitter through a camera, e.g. that of a phone.

This would be a really poor driver, effectively using the AC freq. and shutting off w/ each cycle/zero cross. Unfortunately, many are exactly like that. However - some cameras do have compensation for exactly this issue, and they may hide it.

>How would you instead check EMI - in general? (I am not a specialist in this area.)

Use an AM radio. (That would depend on the frequency and what not, but AM radios are a pretty neat trick to check)



"Take an electronics testing lab with you next time you go shopping to be sure you're not getting some cheap crap"

I miss the days of a restive wire shoved into the AC circuit.




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