A good switching power supply requires a good printed circuit board. In order to make an efficient one, the PCB designer should understand the phenomenon behind the operation of the typical switching ...

We’ve often heard you should do everything twice. The first time is to learn what you need to do, and the second time is to do it right. We bet [Ian Carey] would agree after taking his old linear ...

WEBENCH® PCB Export, a feature in TI's online WEBENCH Power Designer, enables engineers can use to quickly create a power supply printed circuit board (PCB) layout and export it to industry-leading ...

Consumer electronics, industrial, robotics, medical, and military applications all frequently use an AC/DC power supply, also referred to as AC/DC converter. An accurate design of the power supply ...

Today, ac adapters are used to supply dc power to a variety of systems, from laptop computers to many computer peripherals. These power supply designs must consider not just functionality requirements ...

So you have tested everything from the motherboard to the floppy drive. Still having problems? Have you tried testing the power supply? This Daily Drill Down by Faithe Wempen gives you the scoop on ...