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Dave's Powertrip: What does “access” really mean?
Dave Freeman
Intel Labs held their “Trendspotting Summit 2013” on April 2 nd this year. They invited World Bank Managing Director Caroline Anstey to speak. 1 Her speech content was something that is generally removed from what we discuss during our work days. She opened by stating that 43 percent of the...
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Apr 30, 2013
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Fully Charged: The Path of Least Resistance
Upal Sengupta
Anyone who works in power conversion and battery management electronics knows that efficiency is important. Engineers measure efficiency on the lab bench, but an end user of a portable product experiences battery life and the surface temperature of the device. While someone may not notice a 5% or 10...
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Apr 27, 2013
Blog Post:
"Good Vibrations"
Upal Sengupta
I've always found "resonance" to be an interesting word, even when I couldn't always provide an accurate definition of it. There are so many different meanings, most of which have some connection to each other. As an electrical engineer, my first reaction at hearing the word now is...
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Mar 26, 2013
Blog Post:
Fully Charged: The Tail Wagging the Dog
Upal Sengupta
NOTE: This is a first post in a new blog called “Fully Charged” on Battery Power Magazine's news site. The end-of-the-year holidays (hopefully) gave all of us a little quiet time to relax and reflect. This year, I finally took the time to clean out some old boxes that had been tucked...
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Jan 23, 2013
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CES 2012 visit us in person, or online
AmyL
With the turn of the New Year, comes the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). For those of you not familiar with CES, the official name of the show is the 2012 International CES. The show’s producer and sponsor is the Consumer Electronics Association, CEA, and it is held around the first of January...
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Jan 4, 2012
Blog Post:
Top 5 Design Considerations for HEV/EV/LEV Battery Systems
AmyL
Below are 5 main areas of consideration when implementing HEV/EV/LEV battery systems. 1) Measurement Accuracy Li-Iron-Phosphate cells have limited voltage slope so determining State-of-Charge from voltage requires <3mV accuracy. 2) Hot Plug Performance With so many series cell connections...
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May 25, 2011
Blog Post:
Europe Introduces Micro-USB Common Charging
MattMcK
Hopefully soon I can stop adding mobile phone chargers to that box in my closet. TI and 13 other industry players in Europe last week revealed a common Micro-USB smart phone charger ( news conference video), which may result in less environmental waste and more convenience for consumers. This...
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Feb 17, 2011
Blog Post:
bqTESLA contactless charging evaluation kit at APEC
Julie4332
Watch George Lakkas discuss TI's bqTESLA contactless charging evaluation kit at APEC. The kit features Fulton innovation technology. The kit is a high performance, easy-to-use development kit for the design of contactless charging solutions. The evaluation kit is designed for compatibility with the...
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Feb 25, 2010