Hypothesis: In more than 99% of the circuit boards that are thrown away, the magnetic devices (transformers and inductors) are in perfect working condition. Save orphaned magnetics!

"Thermal pads need compression to get their 'rated' thermal conductivity rating." Ref: reddit.com/r/overclocking…

"Total weighted average efficiency of crystalline Silicon wafer-based [PV] modules is 22% in Q4-2024." Ref: Fraunhofer #Photovoltaics Report, May 2025 Available: ise.fraunhofer.de/en/publication…

What’s Friction Stir Welding (FSW)? Friction Stir Welding (FSW) is an advanced solid-state joining process widely used in the manufacturing of liquid cooling plates #EVs #aerospace #electronics #liquidcoldplate #thermalmanagement

Give Engineers ‘Space to Fail’ Source: NASA Lessons Learned Information System (LLIS), Lesson No. 21601 llis.nasa.gov/lesson/21601

Most commonly applied #EMC standards for consumer electronic products with <16 A/phase Source: Reto B. Keller, Design for Electromagnetic Compatibility–In a Nutshell (2023) researchgate.net/publication/36…

We’re #hiring a Senior Power Electronics Engineer to help repurpose EV batteries into clean, reliable battery energy storage systems. Are you ready to shape the future of clean energy? Apply here: hubs.ly/Q03DZgJv0

"NREL's PVWatts Calculator estimates the energy production of grid-connected #photovoltaic (PV) energy systems throughout the world. It allows you to easily develop estimates of the performance of potential PV installations." pvwatts.nrel.gov/index.php

“The ideal engineer is a composite… He is not a scientist, he is not a mathematician, he is not a sociologist or a writer, but he may use the knowledge and techniques of any or all of these disciplines in solving engineering problems.” - N.W. Dougherty

It is quite easy to be outstanding. You just need to actually put in the time to read your references. Avoid the bottomless pit called citing-without-reading. #research #academia #PhDchat

Texas Instruments 'Power Tips'---a series of byte-sized videos (each ~5min)---is a handy reference for #PowerElectronics engineers. The series started with Robert Kollman and now continues with a number of power experts in TI. ti.com/video/series/p…

Storm Power Components has put together this useful technical library on bus bar design: stormpowercomponents.com/technical-libr… #PowerElectronics #BusbarDesign

Where are skived heat sink used ? Skived heat sinks are primarily used for thermal management in electronic devices that generate significant heat in a compact space. Their key applications include: #skivedheatsink #datacenter #IGBTmodules #powersuppliers #EV #powerconverter

Introduction to the Copper Tube Press-in Process for Liquid Cold Plates It used in the thermal management of high-heat-density components such as CPUs, GPUs, and power electronics in servers, electric vehicles, and aerospace systems. #liquidcoolingplate #coldplate #servers #EVs

"Successful #engineering is all about understanding how things break or fail." ~Henry Petroski, American engineer specializing in failure analysis

Simulate transformers in LTspice by adding separate inductors and coupling them using a K-statement. linear.com/solutions/1079

"Most problems that show up on silicon can be reproduced in Spice." electronicdesign.com/technologies/a…

Partial Discharges Guru (Rene Hummel) has put together this useful set of tutorial videos on #PartialDischarge: youtube.com/watch?v=MNmaGP…