AC/DC power supplies are used in several electronic devices, encompassing computers, smartphones, radios, and TVs. AC/DC power supplies come in many dimensions and configurations, tailored to suit the ...

This three-part series describes how to properly test a DC/DC power supply, and ensure that it works reliably over various operating conditions. This series is intended to provide the designer with a ...

Every automated test system that tests electronic circuit boards, modules or equipment needs one or more DC power supplies. Specifying the right supply involves more than just finding one that can ...

Efficiency is one of the most important power supply characteristics. It determines the thermal and electrical losses in the system, as well as the amount of cooling required. Also, it determines the ...

Different components affect system accuracy. Shaury Anand, of Texas Instruments, explains how to choose those most suitable for a precision DC power supply design. Test and measurement applications ...

Listen to advice from some corners of the internet, and it can sound like not buying the most efficient power supply possible will cause your PC to blow up. That’s simply not true, and you can spend ...

The battery as we know it today was an invention of Italian chemist and physicist Alessandro Volta. He witnessed electricity splitting water into its constituent elements of oxygen and hydrogen and ...