A Tiny Power Module Could Help Solve the World’s Growing Energy Crisis

The world’s energy demand is rising, and NREL’s ULIS power module could help meet it. Demand for energy worldwide is climbing rapidly, driven in part by power hungry data centers that support ...
Hackaday

Raspberry Pi Gets Desktop Form Factor

Before the Raspberry Pi came out, one cheap and easy way to get GPIO on a computer with a real operating system was to ...
EDN

Crowbar circuits: Revisiting the classic protector

Crowbar circuits have long been the go-to safeguard against overvoltage conditions, prized for their simplicity and ...
Hackaday

Twelve Days Of Christmas As Performed By 1980s Speech Chip

In a curious historical twist, the “Twelve days of Christmas” are actually the days of revelry that followed the 25th. The ...
IEEE

An Efficient Electrothermal Coupling Simulation Method Based on Neural Network-Aided Power Loss Model for Power Module Thermal Optimization

Abstract: This article introduces a highly efficient electrothermal coupling simulation method that leverages a data-driven neural network power loss model to enhance the simulation efficiency in the ...
IEEE

Physics-informed Neural Network Approach for Early Degradation Trajectory Prediction of Power Semiconductor Modules

Abstract: DC power cycling tests in semiconductor modules induces repetitive thermal-mechanical stresses that accumulate as fatigue over time. This paper proposes a physics-informed neural network ...