Third-Party Electric Vehicle Charging Pile Short Circuit Testing: How Safe is it?

Recently, a short circuit testing trial for third-party electric vehicle charging piles has attracted widespread attention. This test aims to verify the protective capabilities and reliability of the ...
Electronic Design

Add Short-Circuit Protection, Diagnostics To Automotive High-Side/Low-Side Driver

Automotive applications need “smarter” drivers for their switches, which handle loads ranging from a fraction of an ampere to several amperes. Not only are these smart chips costly, but many times, ...
EDN

Short-Circuit Finder

The sample tester in Figure.1 Detects short circuits on assembled pc boards and also rings out cables and harnesses. The sample tester in Figure.1 Detects short circuits on assembled pc boards and ...
EDN

LTC Design Note: Robust 10MHz reference clock input protection circuit and distributor for RF systems

RF instruments and wireless transceivers often feature an input for an external reference clock, such as the ubiquitous 10MHz reference input port found on RF instruments. Many of these same systems ...
Electronic Design

2 Watt DC-DC Converter Features Continuous Short Circuit Protection

Aimtec's unregulated AM2LS-NZ series of 2-Watt power supplies offers isolation of 1500 or 3000 VDC and features continuous short circuit protection with auto recovery restart Aimtec's unregulated ...