A reader contributes a circuit idea for triggering a stop-motion camera setup and a dialog between the author and Electronic Design's Anoop Hegde illuminates the circuit design process. Fig 1. This ...

Several different technologies and designs are available among solid-state switches today. The major families are the standard Triacs (triode for alternating current), the snubberless Triacs, and the ...

This course introduces more advanced concepts of switched-mode converter circuits. Realization of the power semiconductors in inverters or in converters having bidirectional power flow is explained.

A German research team has developed a semiconductor-based protection concept tailored to renewable energy systems that forces a permanent short circuit in less than 1 millisecond in the event of a ...

GALESBURG, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Power management company Eaton today announced its eMobility business has introduced a battery disconnect unit (BDU) that can be combined with upgraded Breaktor ® ...