Automotive & Transportation

    September 2023
    In power supplies, storage inductors play an important role. Unexpected overheating of the magnetic component in the inductors used should be avoided at all costs. The AC losses that are often responsible for this are difficult to estimate. The online simulation tool RedExpert facilitates the development work co
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    Date:
    09/29/2023
    PSDcast – Kentucky Law to Force EV Charging Providers to Pay Use Tax

    Sumit Chauhan, co-founder and chief operating officer of CerebrumX

    Many states are boasting that they are welcoming the movement to electric vehicles (EV), but some are also considering new regulations that will make it more expensive and complicated for a business to offer electric vehicle charging to the public or a construction company's fleet of vehicles. Sumit Cha
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    Date:
    09/26/2023
    PSDCast – Breaking the Land Speed Record for Electric Motorcycles

    Lightning Motorcycles’ Richard Hatfield

    Lightning Motorcycles has broken the land speed record for electric motorcycles and here to discuss it is Lightning Motorcycles’ Richard Hatfield.
    Date:
    09/14/2023
    Highly Configurable, Multiple Output Cascaded Buck Converter Steps from 60 V to 0.8 V

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    Figure 1. A block diagram of an LTC3372 converter

    The LTC3372 is a highly integrated dc-to-dc converter solution suited for automotive, telecommunication, industrial, and other applications that require multiple low voltage rails derived from input voltages up to 60 V. The LTC3372 contains both high voltage and low voltage converter systems within its thermally en
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    Date:
    09/01/2023
    Trends in the Test and Measurement Market

    Kevin Parmenter, Director, Applications Engineering, TSC, America

    The global test & measurement equipment market is estimated to reach USD 28.6 billion by 2024 and to grow at a CAGR of 4.0% to 2030, according to Quince Market Insights. The market provides instruments and equipment for testing, measuring, and analyzing various parameters and characteristics of electronic, el
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    Date:
    09/01/2023
    Accelerating High Power Energy Infrastructure Design

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    Figure 1: The power, switching frequency, and application use cases of different semiconductor materials (source onsemi)

    Power conversion is an essential function in almost every design, from low-power Internet of Things (IoT) sensors to high-power solar inverters. Trends such as using renewable energy sources and the growth of electric vehicle adoption demand efficient and reliable energy conversion. This article highlights some of
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    Date:
    09/01/2023
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