Tales of Raspberry Pi SD card corruption are available online by the fistful, and are definitely a constant in Pi-adjacent communities. It’s apparent that some kind of problems tend to arise when a Raspberry Pi meets an SD card – which sounds quite ironic, since an SD card is the officia

In days of yore when solar panels weren’t dirt cheap, many people (and even large energy companies) used solar trackers to ensure their panels were always physically pointed at the sun to make sure they harvested every watt of energy possible. Since the price of panels has plummeted, though, i

Everyone has a chip-of-shame: it’s the part that you know is suboptimal but you keep using it anyway because it just works well enough. Maybe it’s not what you would put into a design that you’re building more than a couple of, but for a quick and dirty lashup, it’s just the

I recently celebrated the one-year anniversary and 10,000km mark on my Harley Davidson Livewire.I should start out by saying that after a year I really, really love this bike. Not just because it’s electric, but mostly because it’s prodigiously fun, does 99% of what I need and, so far, has not m

www.ledsmagazine.com is using a security service for protection against online attacks. The service requires full cookie support in order to view this website. Please enable cookies on your browser and try again. www.ledsmagazine.com is using a security service for protection against online attac

www.electronicdesign.com is using a security service for protection against online attacks. The service requires full cookie support in order to view this website. Please enable cookies on your browser and try again. www.electronicdesign.com is using a security service for protection against onli

Energy storage systems (ESS) are increasingly being paired with solar PV arrays to optimize use of the generated energy. ESS, in turn, is getting savvier and feature-rich. Batteries can be smartly deployed to maximize ROI. They can charge and discharge batteries more quickly and efficiently. And the

With ever-increasing power demands on today’s cruising yachts, Duncan Kent looks at lithium boat batteries and explains what’s needed to guarantee a safe and trouble-free systemThose who do lots of sailing, such as blue water cruisers, will benefit from the additional capacity of lithium boat ba

In the past two years, fast charging products based on gallium nitride (GaN) have been very popular in the market due to their excellent performance, and this is also inseparable from the efforts of upstream GaN device manufacturers.Not long ago, Infineon also released a new GaN-based integrated pow

The common household wall wart is now under stricter regulation from the US Government. We can all testify to the waste heat produced by many cheap wall warts. Simply pick one at random in your house, and hold it; it will almost certainly be warm. This regulation hopes to save $300 million in wasted