Technical Features

April 2010

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Figure 1: The connected nature of today’s vehicles requires efficient power chips to manage their many intelligent devices and connections

Why Automotive Qualification Still Matters in the Age of Software-Defined Vehicles

Craig Callahan (VP Quality), Wade Cole (Sr. Director HPA & CSG Quality) and David Schnaufer (Corporate, Technical Marketing Manager) at Qorvo

Today’s vehicles can include more than 100 electronic control units and millions of lines of code, supporting a range of functions, including infotainment, navigation, driver assistance, and powertrain control. As the shift to software-defined vehicles (SDV) accelerates, electronic components face heightened expectation

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Date:

12/03/2025

Cool Power from Danfoss

Klaus Olesen, R&D, Danfoss, Schleswig, Germany

Modern wind turbines are being designed for a lifetime of 15-20 years. In the special case of wind power, the turbines are expected to run 24 hours a day, 365 days a year when the wind allows.

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Date:

04/01/2010

The Way Forward for Solar

Paul Engle, CEO, Enecsys Ltd. Cambridge, England

PV modules, or panels, produce direct current (DC) electricity, typically with a peak output up to 250 Watts. With suitable control circuits, they can be used to charge a battery - which also generates

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Date:

04/01/2010

Project Management Metrics Focus

J. LeRoy Ward, PMP, PgMP, Executive Vice President, Product Strategy & Management, ESI International

In the past two years of the recession, the power systems design industry has been in the very challenging position of fine-tuning solutions to address the ever-pressing issue of energy supply

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Date:

04/01/2010

Modular UPS Systems

Alan Luscombe, Sales and Marketing Director, Uninterruptible Power Supplies Ltd (UPSL)

A tailored and integrated approach to power protection, comprising modular UPS and fully-matched standby generators, is helping businesses sustain vital uptime and availability. Changes

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Date:

04/01/2010