The regulation of power-based products and components is critical for design development and user safety. For decades, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) has dictated how to design ...
The demands of today’s consumers know no bounds when it comes to technology. Designers are increasingly challenged to create products that are not only innovative, efficient, and eye-catching, but ...
The IEC published the second edition of IEC 62368-1 in 2014 and it has now been accepted as a mandatory requirement for CE marking for the Low Voltage Directive. Since Europe’s publication on ...
IEC 62368-1 is the new hazard-based product safety standard coming into effect this December. What does this mean for design engineers? Neil Tyler reports IEC 62368-1 comes into force worldwide from ...
Edward Ong, product marketing manager at Power Integrations, explains how to reduce idle losses while meeting the latest safety requirements in IEC 62368-1 Manufacturers today are under pressure to ...
Melexis has qualified a pair of current sensors to UL/IEC 62368-1 for use where ‘reinforced isolation’ is mandated. “Until now, MLX91220 and MLX91221 had only been qualified as a basic, single barrier ...
Bourns has introduced a series of gas discharge tubes for protecting equipment against high-voltage surges. The bidirectional GDT28H series has devices with breakdown voltages from 1 to 3.3kVdc, and ...
IEC 62368-1 and EN 62368-1 are new over-arching safety standards covering TVs and IT equipment. IEC/EN 62368-1 replaces IEC/EN 60950 and IEC/EN 60065 and will become mandatory. Power Integrations' ...