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4 Tips For Integrating and Using an ATE System Power Supply

4 Tips For Integrating and Using an ATE System Power Supply

Follow these four expert tips to integrate and use your system power supply successfully.


Generate Transistor Curves with a Power Supply

Generate Transistor Curves with a Power Supply

This white paper from Keysight Technologies discusses generating transistor curves with a power supply in greater detail and also provides information on Keysight's EDU36311A Smart Bench Essentials DC Power Supply.


How to Measure and Reduce Common Mode EMI in Electric Drive Installations

How to Measure and Reduce Common Mode EMI in Electric Drive Installations

Discover a simple and reliable way to accurately measure and reduce common mode EMI in electric drive installations.


Using Bidirectional Programmable DC Power Supplies For Battery Testing

Using Bidirectional Programmable DC Power Supplies For Battery Testing

This application note provides a closer look at the PSB bidirectional programmable DC power supply series by EA Elektro-Automatik. The reader will learn how the PSB bidirectional supply can seamlessly switch between providing power to charge the battery and controlling the discharge of the battery. This resource also provides guidance on building a robust battery test system to ensure the safety and proper functioning of all test equipment and batteries under test.


How to Create an Low−Power Bluetooth LE Asset Tag

How to Create an Low−Power Bluetooth LE Asset Tag

Learn more about how Bluetooth LE offers a variety of value−added services required for B2B, including environmental logging, cold−chain management, and accurate real−time localization.


Delivering on the EV Range Extension Promise of SiC in Traction Inverters

Delivering on the EV Range Extension Promise of SiC in Traction Inverters

This white paper explains how looking holistically at all elements in the EV power train helps identify opportunities to improve EV and enhance overall power efficiency, leading to a longer EV driving range.


How the Smart Hardware Engineer Can Easily Design Power Supplies: Mini Tutorial

How the Smart Hardware Engineer Can Easily Design Power Supplies: Mini Tutorial

This mini-tutorial gives an overview of the possibilities for power supply design. It addresses the basic and commonly used isolated and nonisolated power supply topologies along with their advantages and disadvantages. It also covers electromagnetic interference (EMI) and filtering considerations. 


Autoranging: Theory of Operation

Autoranging: Theory of Operation

Programmable DC power sources are an essential tool in product development and production testing of a wide range of electronic devices and systems. In many instances, functional test requires submitting the device-under-test (DUT) to a wide range of operating conditions. In some cases, the DUT draws constant power under variable input conditions.


Eaton Provides Reliable Overcurrent Protection in Automotive Applications

Eaton Provides Reliable Overcurrent Protection in Automotive Applications

This use case discusses circuit protection required throughout today’s vehicles as well as reliable overcurrent protection with Eaton Bussmann solutions.


Battery Stack Monitor Maximizes Performance of Li-Ion Batteries in Hybrid and Electric Vehicles

Battery Stack Monitor Maximizes Performance of Li-Ion Batteries in Hybrid and Electric Vehicles

This white paper explores the ways a battery stack monitor can maximize performance of Li-Ion batteries in hybrid and electric vehicles.


CTSD Precision ADCs: CTSD Architecture Explained for Signal Chain Designers

CTSD Precision ADCs: CTSD Architecture Explained for Signal Chain Designers

Explore this step-by-step approach to building a CTSD modulator loop starting with the widely known closed-loop inverting amplifier configuration and combining it with an ADC and a DAC.


Improving Power Supply Design Using Semi-Automation—Five Steps to Quick and Efficient Design

Improving Power Supply Design Using Semi-Automation—Five Steps to Quick and Efficient Design

Explore semi-automated design tools through five critical steps of the power supply design process.


How to Design a Better Pulse Oximeter

How to Design a Better Pulse Oximeter

Learn the fundamentals of SpO₂ measurement and how a new generation of optical analog front ends (AFEs) can help create a better oximeter.


Verification Methods of Snubber Circuits in Flyback Converters

Verification Methods of Snubber Circuits in Flyback Converters

Explore verification methods during the design phase of snubber circuits in flyback converters.


Power Supply Design: Load Step Response with a SIGLENT DC Electronic Load

Power Supply Design: Load Step Response with a SIGLENT DC Electronic Load

In this application note, a DC electronic load is used to provide a current load that steps from a low current draw to a higher value in a short period of time. By directly measuring the voltage and current output of the supply with the stepped load, one can visually observe the recovery of the power supply feedback loop and make changes to the design to optimize the response.


Measuring Power Supply Control Loop Response with Bode Plot II

Measuring Power Supply Control Loop Response with Bode Plot II

The Siglent Bode Plot Ⅱ features to the SIGLENT SDS1104X-E, SDS1204X-E, SDS2000X-E, SDS2000X Plus, and SDS5000X series of oscilloscopes. When combined with a Siglent arbitrary waveform generator (SDG or SAG) and an injection transformer, quick frequency response curves can be created.


Easy DC Power Supply Efficiency Measurements

Easy DC Power Supply Efficiency Measurements

This white paper describes the basic theory for DC power supply efficiency calculations, presents a physical setup for accurately measuring the important parameters, and provides an example program that coordinates measurements and automatically calculates power supply efficiency quickly.


Efficiently and Easily Test Fuel Cells: Supporting Advances in Climate-Neutral Energy

Efficiently and Easily Test Fuel Cells: Supporting Advances in Climate-Neutral Energy

This white paper provides a breakdown of the wide range of features and regenerative electronic loads from EA Elektro-Automatik that help simplify the test procedure for users. This resource also explains the benefits of a built-in waveform generator, true autoranging, efficient mains feedback and the EA Power Control software.


Renewables: The Energy of the Future and its Efficient Implementation Together with Energy Storage Systems

Renewables: The Energy of the Future and its Efficient Implementation Together with Energy Storage Systems

Explore the ways reliable alternative energy sources could be efficiently implemented with energy storage solutions.


Tackling the Challenges of Electric Vehicle Fast Charging

Tackling the Challenges of Electric Vehicle Fast Charging

Explore the growing electric vehicle market and the demands it is placing on society to deliver battery-charging solutions that attempt to emulate the ease of traditional refueling.