• Inside the Schick Hydro microcontroller-powered wet razor

  Patrick Mannion, Brand Director, May 16, 2012
  Though the shaving experience may be overrated, a look inside the Schick Hydro reveals another unexpected application for microcontrollers—in this case a less-than-$1 PIC10F222 from Microchip.  More

• Power Tip: Tame conducted common-mode emissions in isolated switchers

  Robert Kollman, Texas Instruments, May 15, 2012
  High dV/dt voltage waveforms driving parasitic capacitance to chassis ground create common-mode currents.  More

• Teardown reveals Chevy Volt's electronic secrets

  Rick DeMeis, Automotive Designline, May 10, 2012
  Beyond battery chemistry and electric propulsion and control, the Chevy Volt enhanced-range electric vehicle builds in flexibility, ruggedness, and diagnostics—with attention to quality construction.  More

• Power-supply decoupler protects your UUT

  Raju Baddi, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Pune, India, May 10, 2012
  Detect and shutdown reverse polarity or overvoltage before damage occurs.  More

• Power-device considerations for optimized design of an LED power supply

  Wonseok Kang, Fairchild Semiconductor, May 9, 2012
  Switch-mode power supplies for LED lighting applications are increasingly being designed with an active power factor correction at the input stage to meet international regulations for harmonics. The boost topology in discontinuous current mode is the most suitable PFC method for converters with a less-than-300W power rating.  More

• The challenges of choosing off-line LED-driver topologies

  Brian Johnson, Fairchild Semiconductor Corp, May 9, 2012
  Understand how required power level affects choosing the "right" way to meet cost, space, efficiency, isolation, design complexity, power factor, and reliability goals.  More

• Debugging the case of the self-powered LED

  Bill Schweber, EE Times, May 9, 2012
  We've all had this happen: The problem is not actually a problem.  More

• Researchers claim low-cost solar cells based on abundant metals

  Anne-Françoise PELE, May 7, 2012
  Researchers at the University of Basel, in Switzerland, said they have defined an approach to developing sustainable and renewable photovoltaics devices.  More

• Sophisticated thermal management solutions cool hi-rel systems, part 1

  David O'Mara, Kontron, May 7, 2012
  By integrating cooling capabilities into the SWaP protocol, packaging engineers have created SWaP-C as a focus for next-generation solutions to demanding military applications.  More

• PCB and ESR subtleties in switching regulator and LDO designs

  Kern Wong, Principal Applications Engineer, Texas Instruments, April 27, 2012
  This article focuses on some key layout subtleties and points out several frequently overlooked design parameters and design considerations relating to ESR, load capacitors, vias, and feedback networks.  More

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