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Powering Communications in Harsh Environments
The use of power supplies in harsh, remote environments brings with it many fundamental design issues...

Understanding forced air cooling in power supplies
All power supplies generate waste heat which has to be dissipated. The heating effect becomes greater...

An Introduction to PIM
In recent years passive intermodulation (PIM) has become a major concern for wireless service providers...

Enabling Next Generation High Density Power Conversion
The drive to create Metadata processing server systems plus the parallel push for increased port density...

The Energy Harvesting Tipping Point for Wireless Sensor Applications
Ever since the first watermills and windmills were used to generate electricity, energy harvesting has...

Tips and Tricks on How to Verify Control Loop Stability
In a design of a modern switch-mode power supplies (SMPS), the designer has to ensure that the converter...

Design Considerations for High-Speed RS-485 Data Links
This article provides system designers new to high-speed RS-485 designs with an overview of standard...

Dual Protocol Transceivers Ease the Design of Industrial Interfaces
This white paper discusses the industry's most commonly used interface standards, RS-232 and RS-485,...

DC Power Supplies –Design in House or Buy off-the-Shelf?
There are four options for their DC/DC converters when determining the power needs for their end product....

Optimizing EMI Input Filters for Switched Mode Power Supplies
Almost every switched-mode power supply (SMPS) needs an EMI (Electro Magnetic Interference) input filter...

Interfacing Microcontrollers to the Industrial World
Utilizing embedded microcontrollers for industrial applications requires special attention given the...

XP Tips and Tricks
XP Power offers advice on power supply design, which could help with your next design. Most electronics...
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