Multimedia

April 2021
PSDcast – Rad-Hard ICs Aboard the Hayabusa2 Spacecraft

Renesas Power Management Marketing Engineer Kiran Bernard

On December 3, 2014, Japan’s space agency launched the Hayabusa2 spacecraft with a 6-year mission to retrieve asteroid samples from Ryugu. And throughout its mission, the Hayabusa2 had Renesas radiation-hardened ICs aboard.
Date:
04/27/2021
PSDcast – The Biggest Solar Power Project in Texas

James Crisafulli with Rosendin

As of 2020, Texas had a grid-connected photovoltaic capacity of nearly 8,000 megawatts, and just recently, Rosendin’s Renewable Energy Group (REG) began constructing the largest solar power project in the state.
Date:
04/20/2021
PSDcast – Battery Storage for Residential Solar

Behnam Zakeri of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

Residential solar has one major problem – most of the energy generated by these systems is lost or transferred to the grid, with little benefit to the homeowner. So how do we solve this major inefficiency?
Date:
04/08/2021