Website designed to speed your search for power supply design information features expanded content and a free newsletter devoted to power conversion

How2Power.com, a website that helps engineers address power supply design challenges, celebrated its one-year anniversary on July 1, 2010. Since the site went live last year, How2Power has expanded the content in its Design Guide article search tool and its Power Around the Web links section. In addition, How2Power has published nearly a dozen issues of the How2Power Today power design newsletter. 

“How2Power.com was developed from the ground up as a power electronics portal that gives engineers a more-organized way to search for design information related to power conversion,” said David Morrison, Editor of How2Power.com. “Whether you’re using the Design Guide to search for design articles, or reading about other resources on Power Around the Web, the site is helping you to discover and navigate through the many sources of power electronics information that are available for free online.”

“Unlike many other websites, How2Power.com was not created to keep users captive on the site, but rather to find relevant information wherever it exists. How2Power provides summaries and links to the source materials, which may be posted on magazine websites or sites hosted by industry organizations, product vendors, design consultants, and other clearly identified sources,” said Morrison.  

The Design Guide search tool now provides access to hundreds of design-related articles, videos, and other materials on dozens of power conversion and power management topics. The Design Guide search results contain exclusive summaries and “what you’ll learn” analysis to help you locate materials that address your specific power design challenges. The Design Guide contents continue to grow as new article summaries are added on a regular basis.

Meanwhile, Power Around The Web now presents descriptions of over a hundred websites that provide various types of free, power electronics-related information. On Power Around the Web you’ll read about power-supply related blogs, design notes and tools, charts and references, industry and academic organizations, bios of power electronics industry figures (including 40+ How2Power Today authors), and power-related publications, product guides, and job sites.

In addition to in-depth design articles and power component news, How2Power Today features Morrison’s Power Supply Jobs & Technology column—the industry’s first regular feature discussing career opportunities for power electronics engineers in different industries. You can also read a similar column by Morrison on Career Development in Power Systems Design.

How2Power.com is sponsored by Vicor, International Rectifier and Cirrus Logic with additional support from other power component and equipment vendors.

Provided by David G. Morrison, Editor, How2Power.com and How2Power Today

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