If you plug your product’s power cord into any unregulated standard factory ac main, there is a possibility that the power you are using could corrupt any testing you do. The quality of ac power can degrade the performance of equipment being tested. Corrupted ac power can make equipment appear to be on-spec when it is off-spec, or off-spec when it is on-spec. Either way, bad test results can be costly. They can bring unnecessary engineering time spent fixing non-poblems, or worse, result in costly fixes of faulty units in the field, with a simuaneous loss of customer confidence

The latest power supply technology finally catches up to the past, as VPX goes ‘back to the future.’

The need for a new power supply paradigm is upon us, whether to be used for testing, measuring, design engineering, manufacturing, commercial or industrial applications, or global military operations...

With the current need for smart systems with more computing power, lighter weight and smaller size, the need for smart power to compliment these systems becomes even more important...

Virtually all the major defense prime contractors are designing new systems using standard electronics. The system designer then conditions the environment so that it doesn’t exceed the commercial specifications...

Occasional power quality issues can disrupt your operations. AC mains fluctuations in a typical production facility are a result of heavy loads that vary during a typical day...

Power management is also thermal management. Excess heat generated by power systems places additional burdens on their cooling technology...

It is generally difficult to start motors because the peak current required to start a motor can be in the range of 3-6 times the current needed to run the motor at full load...

It is all too easy to be lulled into believing that COTS products are always the most economical. That is not always true...

What is Voltage, Amps, Watts, Power Factor, VA...

Single phase, split single phase, three phase, WYE and Delta configurations, how to calculate line to line voltage...

US and International Utility voltages, Aircraft and Shipboard voltages and frequencies...

Listing of Countries with their Voltages and Frequencies…

What are they and how do they reduce cost? An article in July/August 2005 issue of Mil/COTS Digest

Industry Viewpoint in November/December 2005 MIL/COTS Digest

Opinion page in April 2006 Military & Aerospace Electronics

An Article in Appliance Magazine in June 2006 and on their website

An Article in Electronic Products Magazine in March 2008 and on their website

Today, an increasing portion of loads connected to AC supply lines draw currents that are not sinusoidal...