Power Sources

Sponsored by: Texas Instruments Finding the right power module for your power supply needn’t be difficult—but be sure to carefully scrutinize several key parameters.

Although important, neither consumer electronics nor electric vehicles are the main forces behind the growth in new battery technologies—instead it’s coming from “everything else.”

Using two unipolar dc supplies in an anti-series configuration is another approach for generating positive and negative voltage—and one that doesn't suffer from power interruption.

Before nuclear war wiped out civilization in the video game series Fallout, American roads purred with cars powered by nuclear generators. Such technology might seem dangerous – or explosive – but the National Aeronautics and Space Administration...