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    Robotaxis are Scaling in Cities: What this Means for Urban Autonomy

    Robotaxis are Scaling in Cities: What this Means for Urban Autonomy

    ­Wayve recently launched a robotaxi service in London in partnership with Uber. The Cambridge-founded autonomy company, backed by Mercedes-Benz, Nissan and Stellantis, started putting its AI-driven self-driving system on the city’s streets. A safety driver still sits behind the wheel, and full driverless op
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    Date:
    10/01/2026
    Wärtsilä and RCT Solutions Launch Valo, a New Energy Storage Integrator with 20 GWh on Day One

    Dr. Luke Witmer, Chief Technology Officer of Valo

    ­Technology group Wärtsilä and RCT Solutions GmbH today launched Valo, a global battery energy storage system integrator designed to help customers navigate the growing complexity of delivering utility-scale energy storage projects.   Energy storage projects are getting bigger, but scale is only p
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    Date:
    10/01/2026
    Connecting the Globe (and Literally Everything)

    Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

    ­Welcome to the October issue! We’ve officially entered the spooky season – there’s a chill in the air, ghosts and goblins abound, and electronica is right around the corner. This biennial celebration of all things gee whiz, the “world's leading trade fair for electronics”, attracts upwards of 80,000
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    Date:
    10/01/2026
    Smart Power Enables Smart Cities

    Ally Winning European Editor, PSD

    ­Welcome to the October issue of Power Systems Design Europe. As I write, things are gearing up for the biggest show in the electronics industry, electronica, which will be held in Munich from the 10th to the 13th of November. Power will be heavily represented as usual, especially as one of the featured topics th
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    Date:
    10/01/2026
    Generating Risk: When Cyber Issues Reach Plant Operations

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    Figure 1: A consequence-led view starts with the plant function that must be protected, then traces the digital systems and access paths that could affect it

    ­A power plant is a study in boundaries. Efficient and safe operation depends on knowing where equipment limits are, seeing when conditions begin to move, and having confidence that the right system will act at the right time. That has always been an engineering problem, but it is now also a cybersecurity problem. The systems t
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    Date:
    10/01/2026
    How to Manage Increased Power Demand with High-Density Charging Infrastructure

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    Figure 1: The modeled annual electricity consumption from electric ground support equipment at Atlanta Airport in 2025. Each column represents a percentage of electric ground support equipment in the fleet

    ­From material handling forklifts to airport baggage tugs, many industries are adopting electric equipment to enhance operational efficiency and meet sustainability targets. However, deploying the power infrastructure required to charge these electric vehicles introduces new challenges for engineers and facil
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    Date:
    10/01/2026
    Power Supply Derating in Industrial Automation

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    Figure 1: Typical derating curve showing maximum power rating vs. ambient temperature (RP15-A DC/DC series)

    ­Power supplies are specified for their ability to deliver up to a certain maximum rated wattage under normal operating conditions. For example, a power supply may be listed as a “480W power supply” or a “15W DC/DC converter”. However, this power rating depends on the operating conditions. External fac
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    Date:
    10/01/2026
    Ensuring EMC in High-Density Automotive Lighting

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    Figure 1: Block diagram of the L99LDLH32 smart lighting driver

    ­OLEDs provide thin profiles and uniform light diffusion, while LEDs are known for their brightness and efficiency, reshaping the visual dynamics of modern vehicles.  However, with modern E/E architectures becoming increasingly complex, systems are significantly more susceptible to electromagnetic interferenc
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    Date:
    10/01/2026
    What's the Difference Between Traditional and Single Pair Ethernet?

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    Figure 1: Traditional RJ45 vs IEC 63171-1 SPE Connectors

    ­What You’ll Learn ·       Where to use traditional Ethernet cables versus SPE cables ·       The differences in data flow and the maximum cable distance for traditional Ethernet and SPE cables ·       Howtraditi
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    Date:
    10/01/2026
    Get Ready, Set, and Go – Three Landmark Developments That Will Power the Winners in the EUR Superpower Race

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    Figure 1: (Source: Unsplash) “Consisting of home area networks, in-home displays, energy management systems, meters, communications networks, and data management systems, AMI has become a key component of IoT led grids.”

    ­A global race has commenced to become the world’s next energy superpower. There are three developments that will be pivotal in reshaping the EUR landscape—Advanced Metering Infrastructure where users and suppliers join to meter and manage usage, spreading the energy load to small modular reactors that de
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    Date:
    10/01/2026
    Intermediate Bus Converter Enables Future Innovations

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    Figure 1. ADI’s quarter brick PSU block diagram.

    ­As data centers scale up to support more powerful servers, networking equipment, and storage systems, they require higher power, which involves several stages of power conversion from the power transmission line down to the usable DC voltage level inside the rack. The legacy architecture in data centers is co
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    Date:
    10/01/2026
    Modern Instrumentation for Small Vehicles

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    Figure 1: A possible implementation case with the TRAVEO T2G Graphics shows the “speedometer” on the left-hand side with speed and virtual signal or control symbols, as well as the navigation displayed by a smartphone. On the right is the smartphone with a wireless connection

    ­Digital display and control concepts are increasingly finding their way into vehicle classes that were traditionally equipped with mechanical or basic LCD instrument. Today, the requirements and capabilities of these applications extend far beyond simple speed or fuel indicators: Users expect clear, easy-to-read vi
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    Date:
    10/01/2026
    IoT and Smart Cities Outlook

    Kevin Parmenter, Pins Out Engineering, for TSC America, Inc.

    ­The Internet of Things (IoT) is a fundamental building block for creating smart cities, connecting virtually everything—sensors, infrastructure, vehicles, cameras, buildings, utilities and public services—to collect and exchange real-time data. As cities face increasing population density, aging infrastructure an
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    Date:
    10/01/2026
    America and China's AI Strategies Both Reflect Societal Values

    Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

    ­Over at the Lowy Institute, William Topping lambasts the West’s AI strategy, particularly when juxtaposed with China. While the West is venturing forth cautiously, with an eye towards preserving privacy and civil liberties, China has no such concerns. In 2022, the White House Office of Science and Techn
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    Date:
    10/01/2026
    Save Space, Improve Efficiency with 4-Switch Buck-Boost Controllers

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    Figure 1: Ground-referenced current sensing in 4-switch buck-boost converters

    The 4-switch buck-boost converter is popular and well-known for generating a regulated output voltage above, below, or equal to the input voltage. It also disconnects the input/output (I/O) during extreme fault conditions, such as the input short circuit or the output short circuit conditions. Together with over
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    Date:
    10/01/2026
    Putting on the Heat

    Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

    ­One of my favourite things about this job is hearing how the products that I write about are used in the real world. Normally these are in popular applications, such as datacentres and EV powertrains, but occasionally one pops up that is totally unique. Recently, I talked to Vicor, and its customer, BetterFrost, ab
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    Date:
    10/01/2026
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