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aDvERtORIal VOICE OF THE ENGINEER EmErson nEtwork PowEr EmERsON’s POwER sUPPly RaPID mODIfIcatION sERvIcE EmErson nEtwork PowEr’s nEw sErvicE offErs fast and cost-EffEctivE modifications to standard PowEr suPPliEs so you arE no longEr tiEd to thE sElEction of EithEr a standard PowEr suPPly or a full custom ProjEct. T raditionally power supply users have been faced with a choice between time-to-market, cost and fit. Standard products offer fast availability with no development costs, but might not always fit perfectly the user’s electrical, thermal or mechanical specifications. A full custom power supply will perfectly fit the user’s specifications, but has time-to-market, development costs and minimum order implications. Is thERE a way whIch fIts thE gaP bEtwEEN staNDaRD POwER sUPPlIEs aND fUll cUstOmIzatION? Thanks to Emerson Network Power, it is now possible to significantly reduce the time-to-market and development costs associated with full custom programs, and to bring customization capabilities into the standard product portfolio. Emerson Network Power has found new approaches that blend a measure of customization with standard products rapidly and cost effectively. By first defining a set of common customizations of standard power supplies that are frequently specified by different customers, and then building specific tools, equipment and processes to implement these common customizations, Emerson Network Power is able to both accelerate their execution and lower costs. Power supply customization is now within the reach of almost every customer. This is because, unlike a full custom project, an Emerson Rapid Modification project entails low development costs, lower minimum order quantities and a short development time. RaPID mODIfIcatION sERvIcE Example of complex rapid modification by Emerson, which involved multiple changes and required a new safety approval. Rapid Modification can be applied to any standard product from Emerson Network Power, including flexible power supply types such as the µMP Series and iMP Series. There are three levels of modification: • Simple modifications are those which do not affect PCB layout or safety approvals • Moderate modifications affect PCB layout, but have no effect, or only a limited effect, on safety approvals • Complex modifications involve multiple changes to the base product, including changes which affect PCB layout and other value-added operations. As a result of a complex modification, the power supply will require its own safety approval. The picture shows a power supply for a CT (medical) scanner, which was rapidly modified by Emerson. A customized enclosure with customer specific connectors and accessories was designed to host the programmable iMP power supply. The whole unit was ruggedized to withstand extreme shock and vibration requirements. With a simple modification, a sample will be supplied to the 38 EDN EUROPE | NOVEMBER 2012 customer within days of the order being placed. With moderate and complex modifications, sample delivery can take longer, from a few weeks to months depending on the scope of the modifications. Unit and development costs (where applicable) are quoted individually for each design project, and compare favorably with alternative solutions. In addition, users enjoy the comfort of knowing that their customized power supply is based on a standard part which has been proven in the field. Data on reliability and performance can be ascertained in advance, and so a full requalification may not be required and can be limited to the specific changes and value-add piece made to the power supply. A new white paper explains how power system designers can approach closer to their ideal power supply specification than is possible with a standard fixed power supply, while avoiding the long lead times, and minimizing the development costs, associated with a full custom solution. Visit Emerson.com/EmbeddedPower to download the paper. INfORmatION cONtact Em ERs O N N Et wO Rk P OwER Dudley, UK Tel: +44 1384 842 211 Fax: +44 1384 843 355 E-Mail: techsupport.embeddedpower@emerson.com Website: www.Emerson.com/EmbeddedPower El Ect RO NI ca 2012 hal l b 2, b Ot h 161 www.edn-europe.com http://www.Emerson.com/EmbeddedPower http://www.Emerson.com/EmbeddedPower http://www.edn-europe.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of EDNE November 2012

Digi-Key
Cover
Agilent Technologies
Contents
International Rectifier
Microchip
Digi-Key
Masthead
EDN comment
Microchip
Pulse
Analog Devices
Maxim Integrated
Maxim Integrated
Texas Instruments
Silicon Laboratories
Test & Measurement World
FTDI
Digi-Key
Strategies for extending product reliability
Managing the 8- to 32-bit processor migration
PCIM
Pickering Interfaces
Mechatronics in Design
Baker's Best
Digi-Key
Emerson
30 years of DSP
Hirose
Vicor
The nuances of variable-frequency drives
Digi-Key
National Instruments
Volt’s battery-stack manager aids Chevy’s drive
Digi-Key
EDNE
Design Ideas
RS Components
RS Components
RS Components
Product Roundup
Tales from the Cube
RS Components

EDNE November 2012