News, in-depth tutorial feature articles, and Design Ideas published in EDN.com's Power Management Design Center. en-us http://www.edn.com/community/47042/Power+Management.html Copyright 2010 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use (http://www.edn.com/index.asp?layout=page&module=terms) Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:39:03 PDT http://www.edn.com/article/CA6722376.html?rssid=237 The LED-technology sector continues to be a growing industry. But its complex design requires integration of several potentially problematic components. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PDT http://www.edn.com/article/CA6722375.html?rssid=237 A peek inside a Black and Decker string trimmer to determine why the string won't spin provides a good reason to look at its overall design. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PDT http://www.edn.com/article/CA6722371.html?rssid=237 This active circuit represents many battery types. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PDT http://www.edn.com/article/CA6718478.html?rssid=237 High-brightness LEDs for solid-state lighting can last 50,000 hours or more, but the components surrounding them generate heat that can cause early failures. Proper selection of capacitors and other components, along with thermal management, can help you save your LEDs from an early demise. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PDT http://www.edn.com/article/CA6715766.html?rssid=237 Building your system with separate dice or separate chips may be a smart alternative to using SOCs. Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 PDT