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Mu folding three-pin plug goes on sale

Mu folding three-pin plug goes on sale

The Mu power plug, which swivels the live and neutral pins out of the way to save space, is now available for pre-order after a design prototype was turned into an adapter for USB-chargeable devices Read more

20 February, 2012 by Ben Woods

CES: Green Plug chip aims for efficient digital power

...which it said will be available in the second quarter. The universal power supply would optimise power delivery to multiple electronic gadgets. Photo credit: Green... Read more

6 January, 2011 by Martin LaMonica

Samsung builds 18.5 inch monitor with no power supply

...mark a display out as pretty mediocre. Only this one has no power supply. It runs entirely from USB. Admittedly, it has a two-plug... Read more

28 May, 2010
Uninterruptible <endeca_term>Power Supply</endeca_term> Design 1.0

Uninterruptible Power Supply Design 1.0

Design and engineering of Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) with an easy to use interface. It comes with a... Read more

7 February, 2012
<endeca_term>Power Supply</endeca_term> Synchronization Without Communication

Power Supply Synchronization Without Communication

...the local power bus, without any explicit exchange of information among the power supply units. This approach avoids the need for an independent communication network... Read more

28 November, 2011
<endeca_term>Power Supply</endeca_term> Challenge 5.1

Power Supply Challenge 5.1

...Power Supplies. Students practice troubleshooting half-wave, full-wave, and bridge type power supply circuits using a voltmeter or oscilloscope. Student responses are scored and... Read more

20 September, 2011
An Optimal Load Shedding Approach for Distribution Networks With DGs Considering Capacity Deficiency Modeling of Bulked <endeca_term>Power Supply</endeca_term>

An Optimal Load Shedding Approach for Distribution Networks With DGs Considering Capacity Deficiency Modeling of Bulked Power Supply

...by unscheduled outages in the bulked generation and transmission system of bulked power supply. The Genetic Algorithm (GA) is employed to search for the optimal... Read more

5 January, 2011
Impact of Packet Loss on Power Demand Estimation and <endeca_term>Power Supply</endeca_term> Cost in Smart Grid

Impact of Packet Loss on Power Demand Estimation and Power Supply Cost in Smart Grid

...networks used in smart grid will have impact on the cost of power supply. In this paper, the authors model and analyze the impact of... Read more

26 December, 2010
Switching <endeca_term>Power Supply</endeca_term> Design, 3rd Ed. by Abraham I. Pressman 3.0.3

Switching Power Supply Design, 3rd Ed. by Abraham I. Pressman 3.0.3

Switching Power Supply Design, 3rd Ed.Abraham I. Pressman, Keith Billings, and Taylor Morey... Read more

9 July, 2010

Telecity datacentre power outage hits customers

...s Docklands-based datacentres took a hit on Wednesday when the mains power supply to the seventh floor of the building lost power, resulting in... Read more

6 July, 2011
Hierarchical Cross-Entropy Optimization for Fast On-Chip Decap Budgeting

Hierarchical Cross-Entropy Optimization for Fast On-Chip Decap Budgeting

Decoupling capacitor (decap) has been widely used to effectively reduce dynamic power supply noise. Traditional decap budgeting algorithms usually explore the sensitivity-based nonlinear... Read more

1 November, 2011
Fault Location and Distance Estimation on Power Transmission Lines Using Discrete Wavelet Transform

Fault Location and Distance Estimation on Power Transmission Lines Using Discrete Wavelet Transform

...in power system engineering in order to clear fault quickly and restore power supply as soon as possible with minimum interruption. In this study a... Read more

1 November, 2011
Low Power NoC Switch Using Novel Adaptive Virtual Channels

Low Power NoC Switch Using Novel Adaptive Virtual Channels

...is proposed as a novel technique to achieve low power NoC switch. Power supply gating is employed to reduce the power dissipation of NoC switch... Read more

1 September, 2011
Optimizing Power and Buffer Congestion on Wireless Sensor Nodes Using CAP (coordinated Adaptive Power) Management Technique

Optimizing Power and Buffer Congestion on Wireless Sensor Nodes Using CAP (coordinated Adaptive Power) Management Technique

Limited hardware capabilities and very limited battery power supply are the two main constraints that arise because of small size... Read more

1 April, 2011
A New MAC Protocol for Moving Target in Distributed Wireless Sensor Networks

A New MAC Protocol for Moving Target in Distributed Wireless Sensor Networks

A Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is composed of many nodes with limited power supply; most nodes are stationary in the network which could probably involve... Read more

21 February, 2011

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