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News Release from: Power Integrations | Subject: PI Expert Suite
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 05 April 2005
Upgrade for switcher design software
Power Integrations has released a new version of its popular design software for switched-mode power supplies.
Power Integrations has released version 6.0 of PI Expert Suite, the company's popular design software for switched-mode power supplies The PC-based software package automates the design of flyback, forward-convertor, buck and buck-boost power supplies using Power Integrations' ICs, dramatically reducing design time and accelerating time-to-market
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 10 Jun 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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PI Expert Suite takes a designer's power supply specifications and automatically determines the critical components needed to generate an energy-efficient power supply.
The highly intuitive graphical interface includes interactive circuit schematics and a design wizard that guides the user to the best circuit topology.
Interactive design forms aid the user in configuring the advanced power supply features built into Power Integrations ICs, such as over- and undervoltage protection, thermal shutdown and external current limits.
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Among the new features included in PI Expert Suite 6.0 is PI Transformer Designer, a unique tool that produces detailed transformer specifications for power supply designs.
The tool shortens one of the most time-consuming steps in power supply design, cutting hours or even days out of the design cycle.
PI Transformer Designer generates step-by-step winding instructions and detailed materials requirements, greatly simplifying the task of making prototypes or requesting samples from transformer vendors.
The tool supports multifilar windings, foil windings and AC-stacked transformers, and provides guidance on the use of low-cost shield windings to reduce electromagnetic interference.
"Transformer design is typically the most difficult and time-consuming part of a power supply designer's job", observed Larry Ye, President of Synergistic Technology Solutions, a US-based power solutions company.
"This new software from Power Integrations should greatly improve our design productivity and allow us to better leverage our resources".
"The industry has been waiting for something like this for quite a while".
The PI Expert CD-ROM contains the complete suite of design software in addition to the full library of Power Integrations' datasheets and reference designs.
The software is available immediately through the company's network of worldwide distributors.
Users may also order a CD-ROM or download the software directly from the company's website.
Power Integrations offers customers a wide range of design support options, from do-it-yourself tools like PI Expert Suite and the web-based PI Facts technical help tool to hands-on design support from the company's worldwide team of application engineers.
Design accelerator kits (DAKs) offer reference designs that include working power supplies, product samples and complete documentation.
The Green Room section of the company's website gives designers a single source for information about energy-efficiency standards, organised by country, agency and application. Request a free brochure from Power Integrations ...
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