Crowbar circuits have long been the go-to safeguard against overvoltage conditions, prized for their simplicity and ...

Power stations have quickly become one of the more popular products we test. It’s easy to see why: They offer silent operation and easy to move to wherever you need power. Their rising popularity has ...

Switched-mode power supplies are found in electronics all around us. They provide the DC voltages that power our computers, cell phones, chargers, appliances, and myriad other electronic devices.

Lightweight, small-size, and high-power-density power converter systems, which use only switches and capacitors in their power stage, have no need for transformers or inductors in their design. This ...

A new type of device provides designers of automated installations for North America with performance, cost, and safety benefits. Industrial machinery and equipment system designs typically rely on ...

The capacitors are 22 microF. “Dyn” is a dynamo. The part to the left of the dotted line is a perfectly standard LED flashlight circuit. The right is the 'squeeze to charge/power lights' addition. And ...

Current sources are widely used in industrial control systems to transport analog process signals over long distances, but they are less widely used than voltage sources. This post loosely reviews the ...

Emergency systems [Art. 700]. These are generally used to provide power so occupants can safely exit in the event of fire or other disaster. Other uses include providing ventilation essential to ...

TPU specialists have developed prototypes of power supply sources for the focusing magnets of the accelerating-storage complex "SILA". The development of the TPU researchers will make it possible to ...