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Highly Accelerated Stress Screening is a method for testing the reliability of a product by exposing it to stresses beyond what it would encounter in normal use. The testing is performed in an environmental chamber and can involve a variety of stresses.

Power Factor Correction (PFC) allows AC power distribution to operate at its maximum efficiency. A power factor corrected load appears resistive to its source. This implies that the input current must differ from the sinusoidal source voltage by only a scaling factor.

In many products, devices are used to transform AC mains power to a different operating voltage. Power supply design is a crucial step in architecture development. Modern power supplies are required to meet several stringent requirements for safety, EMI regulation and efficiency.

Here’s the conclusion of our Power Supply Design Basics series! First we introduced the concept of the Power Factor, and then we discussed Power Factor Correction (PFC) and how to implement passive PFC. Here we’ll delve into active PFC, and when you would want to use it.

Often companies think that once the product is designed and prototyped (5-10 units), all that remains is a ramp up in volume to production. To ramp up production, however, an electronic manufacturing services provider (EMS, or Contract Manufacturer), needs to “build to print”.

A few years ago, the Nuvation Silicon Valley office got a keg. After hours, employees could throw a few bucks in the money can and kick back and enjoy a cold brew on the patio with their coworkers. No one had to venture very far or pay very much.

To create robust and cost-effective printed circuit boards, layout designers need to follow best practices for PCB footprint generation. The quality of a PCB footprint directly impacts the performance, reliability and quality of the PCB assembly.

In honor of our 15th anniversary this year, we’re counting down some of the most outrageous engineering challenges that we’ve faced in our 15 years of electronic design services. Starting off is the Air Hockey Robot, a project from 2008.

At the 2013 Battery Show in Detroit we decided something was required to set the Nuvation booth apart. We needed something entertaining. Something Interactive. Something that reflected our fun and geeky company culture. And with that, Angry Moose was born!