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5/18/2013
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By Arielle Singer, Bagel Bytes Team 702
5/14/2013
I have been a participant of the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics program for the past four years through the Culver City High School. Our team's (and any team's) design decisions, from a power management perspective, are mostly
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| 5/14/2013 |
I have been a participant of the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics program for the past four years through the Culver City High School. Our team's (and any team's)
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| 5/14/2013 |
A few dozen years ago, engineers fresh out of school were assigned to the power supply team; the most boring and least challenging aspect of the system and the one most forgiving of inexperience. Could
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| 5/13/2013 |
A talk with Randy Johnson of N2Power on power supplies and efficiency
When it comes to power, everyone wants more "green" supply, but what does that exactly mean? Efficiency is obviously desirable, but what does that meant to the designer? How about the supply's materials,
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| 5/9/2013 |
FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics is a nonprofit organization originating in New Hampshire. They inspire Kindergarten through 12th grade students to pursue careers
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| 5/7/2013 |
In this podcast, Alix talks to Alan Grau, President of Icon Labs, about the company's
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| 5/2/2013 |
Talking to Riad Nizam, Vice President of Sales of Master Electronics
With all the focus on board-level electronic systems, it is easy to overlook the more power-demanding macro systems involved. In this podcast Alix Paultre talks to Riad Nizam, Vice President of Sales
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| 4/30/2013 |
A talk with Tom Grace of Eaton on counterfeiting
We all know there is a counterfeiting problem when it comes to many components, semiconductors, and ICs, but this problem also extends into the macro power world. In this podcast we talk to Tom Grace,
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| 4/25/2013 |
Tollgrade Communications, a leader in providing service assurance solutions to the world’s largest utilities and telecommunications providers, announced that Thomas J. Kolb has been promoted to Chief
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| 4/23/2013 |
In this episode of Paultre on Power, we talk to Dave Proli of Marway about power and power distribution. Marway Power Solutions designs and manufactures innovative, end-to-end, power distribution solutions
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| 4/22/2013 |
PSD's Alix Paultre talks to Uday Mudoi, Director of Product Marketing of Vitesse,
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| 4/18/2013 |
Power Systems Design talks to Dr. Chris Rowen, Founder and CTO of Tensilica,
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| 4/17/2013 |
Power Systems Design's Editorial Director, Alix Paultre, discusses designing
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| 4/16/2013 |
In this special video version of Paultre on Power, we talk to Exar President
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| 4/15/2013 |
A talk with Dennis Yost of Cavendish Kinetics on MEMS antenna tuning
Antenna systems in phones are one of the largest power hogs around. Most of the
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| 4/2/2013 |
We talk to Roger Hedding, recently named Chair of IEEE’s Power Systems Relay Committee
In this podcast we talk to Roger Hedding of ABB, recently named Chair of IEEE’s Power Systems Relay Committee about power, design, and the IEEE. Roger is an IEEE senior member, having joined IEEE’s Power
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| 3/27/2013 |
In this podcast we talk to Sajol Ghoshal, the director of sensor-driven lighting for ams, a developer and manufacturer of high-performance analog semiconductors such as sensors, sensor interfaces, power
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| 3/27/2013 |
Allan Armstrong of XiTRON Technologies, precision power testing and measurement
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| 3/21/2013 |
APEC continues to address the issues of immediate and long-term interest to the practicing power electronics engineer, and this year's conference had record attendance. In this podcast we have a quick
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| 3/15/2013 |
The lines that distinguish a software company from a hardware company are becoming blurred. Whether it is on the assembly floor of an automotive plant or in a data center that powers Facebook, software
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| 3/14/2013 |
Talking with Scott Brown of iWatt about solid-state lighting drivers
In this podcast Alix talks to Scott Brown, SVP of marketing for iWatt, manufacturer of innovative Power Management ICs, about solid-state lighting, lighting drivers, and the quest for an inexpensive LED
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| 3/14/2013 |
Holst Center and imec have demonstrated a new technology for fabricating state-of-the-art ZnO-based n-channel thin-film transistors (n-TFTs). The n-TFTs have been processed directly on top of flexible
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| 2/20/2013 |
ARM Cortex-M4 microcontrollers offer ultra-low-power digital processing
Toshiba Electronics Europe announced the European availability of the company’s first ARM Cortex™-M4 microcontrollers. The TMPM440 series meets the high-speed, ultra-low-power digital processing requirements
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| 1/25/2013 |
A data center’s top priority has always been maintaining uptime. From this perspective, it’s understandable that efficient energy use has historically been an oversight.
However, the entire industry
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| 1/21/2013 |
For the past 50 years, the thermal-management industry has offered only heat sinks, fans, and thermal grease as methods for electronics thermal management. While these have been refined and improved over
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| 1/7/2013 |
At the beginning of November, ARM made two moves that confirm it not only as a power architect, with a strong community bent, but also as a strategic power team player. With Cable & Wireless Worldwide,
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| 12/21/2012 |
The increasing demand for more internet services and cloud computing is driving both the expansion and building of new datacenters around the world. A key challenge for operators is the minimization of
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| 10/30/2012 |
The 3rd edition of the 60601 medical-safety standard was first published by the IEC in 2005 (IEC60601-1:2005), was adopted by the EU (European Union) in 2006, and published as EN60601-1:2006. The AAMI
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| 9/12/2012 |
Efforts and investments to meet wind- and solar-energy potential continue to accelerate in North America and worldwide.
As a result, the ability of wind and solar facilities to provide consistent,
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| 8/18/2012 |
Power devices are used to process electrical power as efficiently as possible. In the design process, therefore, there are many aspects for which device simulation is used. There are several levels of
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| 8/12/2012 |
Editor’s note: Stackpole Electronics recently announced its 5 W ultra-precision current-sensing resistor—the CSS4527—available in values between 0.5 and 120 mΩ with tolerances to 0.5% and 50 ppm/°C
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| 8/9/2012 |
A lesson I’ve learned about introducing new technology into the power-conversion market is that engineers have an intuitive understanding about what is possible.
If a new product changes the
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| 5/18/2012 |
As worldwide environmental laws banning the use of most incandescent light bulbs begin to take effect over the next few years, a market opportunity is now accelerating for energy-efficient solid-state lighting technologies.
Originally fueled by environmental concerns and the steadily rising cost of electricity, regulations that will restrict the sale of most incandescent bulbs in North America, Europe, and Asia have accelerated
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