In part 1, we examined the operation of power supply supervisory ICs that can detect when the supply voltage is too low, and ...

Have you ever gone through detailed calculations of expected component losses in your design, only to find that your lab measurements have a large disparity? This Power Tip presents a simple method to ...

How semi-automated tools speed up the power-supply design process. The five main steps to take when building a power-supply architecture. How do LTpowerPlanner and LTspice help facilitate the ...

eXtreme Outer Vision's online PSU Calculator tool serves as a very useful one when wanting to ensure a given power supply is enough to meet the demands of all the specs crammed into a particular ...

Adapted from The Circuit Designer's Companion, Third Ed., by Peter Wilson (Newnes). [Part 1 began a look at grounding: when to consider it, how chassis materials affect it, and the problem of ground ...

Modern integrated circuits are increasingly vulnerable to power supply noise and the ensuing induced jitter, phenomena that can significantly impair circuit reliability and performance. The interplay ...

Phoenix Contact's Trio Power family integrates a circuit breaker, bringing supply and protection into a single unit that outputs up to 40 A. A new family of three-phase power supplies from Phoenix ...

My two file servers have redundant power supplies with all ps's plugged into a UPS. The UPS's are on the same circuit. I want to plug one ps/UPS from each server into another circuit for an additional ...

When reaching for a power supply design it’s normal here in 2022 to reach for a switching design. They’re lightweight, very efficient, and often available off-the-shelf at reasonable prices. Their ...

One of the principal NEC requirements for circuit protection is that you shut down the equipment rather than let supply conductors melt from overload. This can cause confusion, however, because Art.

A system that converts AC current from the wall outlet into the DC currents required by electronic circuits. A computer power supply converts AC into multiple DC voltages. For example, 12 volts is ...