About two decades ago there was a quiet revolution in electronics which went unnoticed by many, but which overturned a hundred years of accepted practice. You’d have noticed it if you had a mobile ...

It’s no surprise that many hardware hackers avoid working with AC, and frankly, we can’t blame them. The potential consequences of making a mistake when working with mains voltages are far greater ...

Foster Transformer introduces a line of RoHS compliant isolation transformers which are suitable for step-up, step-down and 1:1 voltage applications. Jan. 3, 2012 2 min read Foster Transformer ...

an isolating transformer is exactly that, it isolates either side of the transformer through an air gap. the primary doesnt touch the secondary side. a RCD is a residual current device which detects a ...

I just got the latest Hifi News magazine and, as usual, the same ridiculously expensive mains cables etc are being pimped. I usually just skim over that crap, after admiring how pretty it is, but this ...

A variety of industrial and automotive systems use isolated bias supplies. Most existing approaches using flyback or push-pull converters for isolated bias power (see the Texas Instruments [TI] ...

Designers often categorize power converters into two basic types: isolated and nonisolated. These categories refer to the relationship between the input power ground and the output power ground. Many ...

Designing a closed-loop, controlled power supply or motor-control system presents two main challenges. First, the design requires sending feedback voltage or current information across an isolation ...