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AONDevices and H&S HighTech Forge Strategic Alliance to Expand Super-Low-Power, Always-On Edge AI Globally

Mouna Elkhatib, CEO of AONDevices

­AONDevices, Inc., a pioneer in super-low-power, always-on edge AI technology, and H&S HighTech Corp., a global leader in semiconductor and electronics distribution, today announced a strategic alliance aimed at accelerating the worldwide adoption of next-generation always-on AI solutions. As pa
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Date:
07/02/2025
Microchip Partners with Nippon Chemi-Con and NetVision on First ASA-ML Camera Development Ecosystem for Japanese Automotive Market

Microchip Partners with Nippon Chemi-Con and NetVision on First ASA-ML Camera Development Ecosystem for Japanese Automotive Market

­An automotive industry transition is underway to replace proprietary camera connectivity with solutions based on the open and interoperable Automotive Serdes Alliance Motion Link (ASA-ML) standard driven by over 150 member companies worldwide. To simplify and accelerate the adoption of ASA-ML for Advanced Dr
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Date:
07/02/2025
Bourns Announces High Heat Tolerant Thick Film Resistor Series in a Compact TO-227 Package

The Riedon™ PF2270 Series Power Film Resistors by Bourns®

­Bourns, Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of electronic components for power, protection, and sensing solutions, today announced a new thick film resistor series that delivers high heat tolerance in a compact TO-227 package. The Riedon™ PF2270 Series Power Film Resistors by Bourns® a
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Date:
07/01/2025
Larger and More Reliable Batteries and the Means to Charge Them

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

­Welcome to the July issue! We’ve just passed the official start of summer in the Northern Hemisphere (sorry, Antarctica!), and with kids home from school and the weather considerably less treacherous, we hope you’re able to enjoy the outdoors, and pull yourself away from the workbench long enough for an ho
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Date:
07/01/2025
A Summer Recharge

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

­Welcome to the July edition of Power Systems Design Europe. Summer is generally the quietest time for the industry before the busy autumn season. It gives us the chance to relax and recharge ourselves and also some time to reflect on the beginning of the year. Within a comparatively short period of time, things a
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Date:
07/01/2025
The Hidden Bottleneck in AI: How the Network Can Make or Break Your LLM Strategy

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Figure 1: Keysight AI Data Center Builder is the foundational solution for validating AI data center performance across compute, interconnect, network, and power

­The network infrastructure connecting GPUs, switches, and servers in modern data centers is under enormous strain. As AI models scale into the hundreds of billions of parameters, the spotlight is shifting toward one of the most critical, yet often overlooked, components of AI training performance: the network. Hi
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Date:
07/01/2025
Smarter Infrastructure: AI-Driven LiDAR Classification for Electric Utilities

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Figure 1: High accuracy LiDAR Classification excels in dense distribution network areas

­Meeting today’s demands for resilience, safety, and efficiency requires accurate, timely, and scalable data about physical assets. One technology that is rapidly redefining how utilities manage infrastructure is LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging). LiDAR captures millions to billions of high-resolution, three-dim
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Date:
07/01/2025
Emerging Electrification of Military Ground Systems

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Figure 1: BAE 155 MM M109A7 self-propelled Howitzer

­While the implementation of electric components in the military will require time and intention, emerging technology in the semiconductor industry, coupled with recent strides in the commercial automotive sector, simplify such efforts. This article will explore the various options of electrification in milita
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Date:
07/01/2025
BMS Transformers in Energy Storage Systems

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Figure 1: Method for storing electrical energy in terms of storage duration and capacity

­The conversion of electric grids to renewable energies, especially wind power and photovoltaics, which are not always available, is fueling the need for larger energy storage systems. These require a sophisticated battery management system (BMS) for reliable operation. BMS transformers can be used to insulate th
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Date:
07/01/2025
EV Charging Levels from Residential  to Commercial

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Figure 1: Residential EV charger

­At the center of our societal-wide EV transformation lies an intricate network of chargers, a critical infrastructure that defines the usability and practicality of EVs. To increase the adoption of EVs, understanding the types and nuances of chargers is important. Electric vehicle chargers come in diverse forms, ranging from
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Date:
07/01/2025
Automotive Functional Safety and ISO 26262

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Figure 1: Off-battery dual-output buck preregulator with output voltage-monitor ICs

­Any influential technology emanates a set of risks, which can be especially serious in automotive safety-related systems. The purpose of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 26262 series of standards, Road vehicles – Functional safety, is to mitigate risks in road vehicles by providing gu
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Date:
07/01/2025
Why Accurate Cell Data Matters in Battery SoC and SoH Determination

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Figure 1: The test procedure undertaken by the white paper

­As SoC and SoH cannot be directly measured, various methods of computational complexity are used to determine their values. The accuracy of quantifiable metrics—temperature, voltage, and current—and the synchronization of data captured for all cells are critical inputs for the algorithms used to determine ov
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Date:
07/01/2025
DC/DC Converters Bring Fuel Cell Solutions to Life

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Figure 1: Electrolysis Cell vs Fuel Cell Schematic

­Fuel cells are electrochemical devices that convert the chemical energy from a gaseous fuel, often hydrogen, directly into electrical energy. This process occurs in a reaction chamber, or "cell" (Figure 1). When hydrogen serves as the fuel, the process resembles electrolysis in reverse. In electrolysis, el
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Date:
07/01/2025
Batteries and  Energy Storage

Kevin Parmenter, Director, Applications Engineering. TSC, America

­There are many types of energy storage technology approaches, each suited to different applications based on their ability to deliver capacity, safety, performance, power output, lifespan, cost, and efficiency. Storage applications range from portable electronics and electric and hybrid-electric vehicles to ba
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Date:
07/01/2025
LMR Battery Cells – Powering the Future

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

Perhaps the most critical factor for our electrified future is energy density – whoever boosts the lifeblood of tomorrow’s EVs stands at the bleeding edge of innovation. And General Motors is aiming for that spot, partnering with LG Energy Solutions to commercialize lithium manganese-rich (LMR) prismatic ba
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Date:
07/01/2025
Are We Giving Up on the Fight Against Climate Change?

Ally Winning, European Editor

­There seems to be a slow but definite change in our determination to tackle climate change since the COVID-19 pandemic. It always has been difficult to get politicians to enact Net Zero policies, but now they seem to be pushing back on even the small measures they have already passed, such as phasing out the sa
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Date:
07/01/2025
PassThru of a Voltage Using Buck-Boost Regulators

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Figure 1: A system in which the permissible voltage range of a load is narrower than the possible voltage range of the energy source

­This article will illustrate how special converters equipped with PassThru™ mode can be useful when the circuit’s input voltage is too high or too low to power a load. It will give examples of how PassThru mode is used with buck-boost regulators and boost regulators to increase power supply efficiency an
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Date:
07/01/2025
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