Boker’s, Inc. has been a metal stampings leader for over 100 years. Design engineers can learn from the leader about short-run stamped components and considerations for applications.
A white paper that provides a summary about considerations that can aid design engineers in their development process. This paper touches on the basics of metal stampings as well as their advantages. It also walks through various stamping operations from flat blanking to metal piercing and forming. It touches upon criteria in selecting a qualified stamping partner and ends with a handy glossary of stamping terms.
The flyback topology is a versatile, widely used, switched-mode power-supply design with some interesting characteristics that brings performance and BOM advantages to many applications...
Stricter guidelines imposed by version 3 of the IEC standard for harmonic current emissions push designers to embrace power-factor-correction methodologies.
