In an earlier blog post I did a teardown analysis of the XL4015 DC-DC Buck Converter module. I recently received an improved version of the same module. I purchased it from an online seller in China.

In the automotive market, a multitude of buck-converter ICs enable automotive power engineers to achieve low quiescent current. This effort will help extend battery runtime, especially in applications ...

Inductor-inductor-capacitor (LLC) serial resonant circuits, as shown in Figure 1, can achieve both zero voltage switching on the primary side and zero current switching on the secondary side in order ...

Automotive body control modules (BCMs) are present in all modern vehicles to handle comfort, security, and lighting functions (Fig. 1). They have quickly transformed over the last few years, driven by ...

Control Techniques has expanded the capabilities of its drives further with the launch of two Remote I/O option modules. Two new series of I/O modules have been made available for Control Techniques’ ...

The CS Series of process-control modules provides PID loop control of any process without using a PLC. Modules offer control of temperature, flow, and pressure. Single and dualloop temperature modules ...