Power news this week

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

. UPS designs suck says open source engineer

. Philips Lighting pushes into solar-powered lighting as it changes name
. VW plans battery partnerships for massive expansion

POWER TECHNOLOGIES TO WATCH
. Team produces monocrystalline silicon films ten times faster for solar cells

. White graphene provides hydrogen storage boost for fuel cells
. KNX transceiver integrates power for building automation


NEW POWER PRODUCTS . Vitreous resistors for high continuous power dissipation

. 200W converter cuts board space by 40%

. IoT power measurement and profiling tool

TECHNICAL PAPERS
. National Instruments: Architectures for implementing a hardware-in-the-loop testing system

. Clever lighting: an emerging new market