Knowledge

Talk by DPS founder and CEO Dr. Michael Heidinger at the Schaltnetzteiltag conference hosted by German B2B publisher Vogel: what is actually left of sustainability once you start asking concrete questions? An honest look at supply chains, lifetime, maintenance and a checklist for auditing your suppliers. Talk in German.

USB-C has become essential in the modern control cabinet: phones, tablets, laptops and single-board computers are increasingly powered over USB-C. This quick guide gets you up to speed in five minutes - AC or DC at the input, Power Delivery (PD) yes or no, which voltage classes laptops require, and why cheap cables can end up costing you more.

A step-by-step guide for establishing a Modbus connection between the DCP48M DC/DC converter and a Windows PC using the RMMS (Radizio Modbus Master Simulator) software.

A step-by-step guide to mass-programming the DCP48M DC/DC converter using a Python script over Modbus RS-485 on a Windows PC.

A step-by-step DIY guide for building a Raspberry Pi 5 power supply inside a DIN rail control cabinet using the DPS USB-AC-PD power supply.

A study shows that 52% of all LED streetlight failures are caused by the power supply - only 10% by the LEDs themselves. The key to long-lasting LED luminaires lies in the power supply.

Many confuse MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures) with the actual lifetime of a power supply. This article explains the crucial difference and what criteria really matter.

This article develops a vision of the future from the history of power supplies: from iron-core transformers through high-frequency switched-mode designs to software-defined digital power.

In Digital Power, a microprocessor takes over the complete control of the power supply. This enables IoT capability, predictive maintenance, flexible configuration, and exceptional longevity.

Virtually no electronic circuit works without capacitors. But how do the different types compare in terms of lifetime and reliability? A comprehensive comparison.

KIT spinoff Digital Power Systems has demonstrated power supplies with a 50-year lifetime in joint tests with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - five times longer than conventional switching power supplies.

Selecting an LED power supply is straightforward if you know what to look for. Our CEO Dr. Michael Heidinger explains the fundamentals: constant current vs. constant voltage, power calculation, and lifetime considerations.