PowerSmith
PowerSmith® Consulting provides a variety of services to the power conversion industry. See the "Clients" link on the "About PowerSmith" page for some of our clients. Below are some of the services we have provided to these companies:
Marketing Materials
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Authored two book length treatments of
distributed power system design |
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Authored dozens of application notes,
design notes and case studies on a broad variety of topics |
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Seminars on DPA design and converter
selection for OEM customers |
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Development of calculators and design tools - CD ROM and web based |
Engineering Tools and Services
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Product planning and positioning |
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Training seminars for staff of power
conversion suppliers |
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Developed calculators and design tools
for DPA design using both CD-ROM and web-based delivery |
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Evaluated accuracy and usability of
web-based circuit design and EDA tools |
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Reliability and Availability studies |
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Troubleshooting of distributed power
systems |
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Patent and Intellectual Property searches and research |
Competitive Analysis
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Competitive hardware evaluation of
DC/DC and AC/DC converters |
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Competitive evaluation of supplier offerings in several market segments |
Expertise and Capabilities
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Thermal design and analysis |
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Topologies |
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System Partitioning |
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DPA system design |
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Reliability and Availability |
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Cost and Value analysis |
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EMC |
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Packaging |
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Safety |