Engineering student Chloe Acosta plugs in an EV for charging in snowy weather on the University of Michigan's North Campus. Photo: Marcin Szczepanski, Michigan Engineering
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Figure 1: While the highly watched demand for EV and hybrid vehicles continues to increase, sales of new EV vehicles have slowed over the last several months due to many factors, including market and public policy
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Figure 1: The Pt1000 SMD-SC temperature sensor has bond pads (AgPt) for thin and thick wire bonding and back side metallization optimized for silver sinter processing (AgPd) (source: Yageo)
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Figure 1: TRCDRIVE pack is a compact module offering high current density with heat dissipation on one side that has been developed for controlling traction inverters and is based on ROHM’s proprietary module technology
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Figure 1: Difference between an RTOS using cycle-resolution timing (bottom) and a conventional RTOS (top). The CPU stays in energy-saving mode significantly longer and is woken up less often by interrupts (red), resulting in more computing power and less energy consumption
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Figure 1: It’s important to establish maintenance programs that will bolster the life expectancy of your electrical power equipment, reduce the chance of failure, and lower energy consumption
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Figure 1: Redundancy is an important reliability aspect of the typical network switch power configuration rails with voltage and current requirements
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Figure 1: Bearing fault’s impact on motor efficiency
Kevin Parmenter, Director, Applications Engineering. TSC, America
Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD
Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD
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Figure 1: A switch-mode power supply shown as a black box
