Power supplies are among the most popular pieces of electronic test equipment. This isn’t surprising, as controlled electrical energy is used in a tremendous number of ways. The term “bench” or ...

We’ve all seen those cheap bench power supply units (PSUs) for sale online, promising specifications that would cost at least a hundred dollars or more if it were a name brand model. Just how much of ...

This article appeared in Evaluation Engineering and has been published here with permission. The gamut of electronic and electrical products from low-power mobile handsets and IoT devices to electric ...

Bench power supplies come in all shapes and sizes. Some fall into the general-purpose category, and others are very application-specific. Some only have a single output, while others offer multiple ...

In the 1990s, experts calculated that without efforts to increase efficiencies and reduce “no-load” power consumption, external power supplies—the ones used to power everything from cell-phones to ...