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Bidirectional Switch-mode Power Supplies

Posted by Anthony on January 22, 2013 in Hardware

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Switching power supplies have come to replace the conventional transformer-focused power supply as a cheaper and more efficient alternative. While many advances have been made over the years to bring these devices down to microscopic sizes and near-perfect efficiency, there is still some room for improvement in the field of bidirectionality, and here I aim [...]

Wireless Induction Mat: Why Not Nix Power Cords Altogether?

Posted by Anthony on June 16, 2012 in Hardware

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You may have seen those “wireless charging mats” in stores: You place your (i)phone on this little mat with a thing plugged into its power port and it charges without interconnecting wires. The iPhone 5 is said to have this built-in by default according to a variety of sources, some public some not. But why [...]

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