The phrase power factor frequently is used in the electrical and power electronics industry. For example, home, office, and industrial electrical equipment often is fitted with power factor-corrected ...

Don’t get zapped when buying a new high-voltage DC power supply. Understand the specifications first. Lasers, linear accelera-tors, X-ray machines, defibrillators, radar, and numerous other ...

Ensuring stable power management is crucial in modern electronics, and the power supply rejection ratio (PSRR) plays a key role in achieving this. This article serves as a practical guide to measuring ...

Santa Clara, Calif.—Measuring the performance of battery-powered units used to be easy: measure the current via a resistive or inductive shunt pick-off while monitoring the terminal voltage, end of ...

Need to do some real fine power consumption measurements? [Gero Müller] was in that exact situation, and wasn’t happy with the expensive off-the-shelf tools for doing the job. Thus, he built his own.

DC motors come in many forms, but they all have the same job: turning electrical energy (DC) into mechanical energy. Although DC motors have a common operating principle, many applications—including ...