EDN

PMBus–panacea or hype?

A USB-driven PMBus demonstrator kit with eight digitally-programmable POL converters and a PC-based graphical user interface. One obvious consequence is that the task of configuring, controlling and ...
Houston Chronicle

(PRN) PMBus(TM) Consortium Unveils Version 1.1 Specification Simplifying System-Wide Power Management

ANAHEIM, Calif., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Members of the Power Management Bus (PMBus(TM)) Implementers Forum today introduced version 1.1 of the open communications interface specification for the ...
EDN

Using the PMBus protocol on a serial comm link

The Power Management Bus (PMBus) protocol, a simple and powerful open industry specification, is a step towards unifying communication standards for digital power-management systems and power ...
Electronic Design

PMBus Defines Standard For Digital Control Of Power Management Subsystems

PMBus, or Power Management Bus, is a new open standard specification that defines a digital communications protocol for controlling power conversion and management devices. It is a collaborative ...
EE World Online

Digital power modules add PMBus 1.2 control

Vox Power has expanded its NEVO+ series with digital output modules that support a PMBus™ 1.2 compatible interface over I²C, ...
Electronic Design

The Basics Of PMBus Design

The PMBus standard for digital power management is the result of collaboration between power supply and semiconductor companies. There are more than 50 members in the PMBus organization. In terms of ...
Embedded

PMBus Spec Version 1.3 is available for review

(Note: The three wire AVSBus does not replace the 3 wire PMBus: it is an additional three wires used solely for AVS that connects between an ASIC/CPU/FPGA and a POL/Manager. PMBus connects between a ...
Electronics Weekly

GaN 500W conduction cooled ac-dc PSUs with PMBus

TDK-Lambda has announced 12V and 48V models of its 504W conduction-cooled PFH500F series of ac-dc power modules measuring 102 x 61 x 13.5mm (4 x 2.4in). Inside PFH500F-12 and PFH500F-48 are GaN power ...
Automation World

Industry's First High-Current PMBus Converters With Frequency Synchronization Reduce EMI

Texas Instruments (TI) today introduced the industry's first 20-A and 30-A synchronous DC/DC buck converters with frequency synchronization for low-noise and reduced EMI/EMC and a PMBus interface for ...
Design-Reuse

System configurations for power systems based on PMBus 1.3

This article shows several ways to implement a power management controller using the new PMBus Revision 1.3 specification, and addresses several new considerations with architecting a system using ...
Electronics Weekly

PMBus digital power chip drives 30A for sub-micron processors

Texas Instruments has introduced its first PMBus synchronous DC-DC buck converters with 20A and 30A current ratings. The TPS544B25/C25 converters are designed for accurate voltage rail setting in ...
Design-Reuse

PMBUS Slave IP

PMBUS Slave interface provides full support for the two-wire PMBUS Slave synchronous serial interface, compatible with version 1.3.1 Part II of PMBus ...