Power Vents

Embedded power

The first Embedded Power Conference takes place September 17 and 18 in San Jose, CA. The show caters to design engineers engaged in system power management from circuit and backplane issues to thermal control and software techniques. With the critical power management issues that systems-level design engineers are facing, such as excessive heat generated by today’s high-powered systems, and the increasing interest in the low-power and battery applications. For more information, go to www.cmp-egevents.com/web/pm.

UPS goes supersonic

Electronics are used everywhere and just to emphasize that point there is this news that the Falcon Electric ED Series online UPS provided the backup power and frequency conversion on board the North American Eagle supersonic land speed challenger (www.landspeed.com). During its June 30 test run at the El Mirage Dry Lakebed in Mojave Desert, CA, the supersonic race car, powered by a jet engine with an afterburner from an F-104, reached a record-breaking 400 mph, achieving a significant speed milestone and advancing the team’s goal to exceed the speed of sound (Mach 1) at a new world land speed record of 800 mph.

Located onboard the race car, Falcon’s ED-1 Series 1-kVA converts the jet engine’s 115-V 400-Hz power to 115-V 60-Hz power for the onboard data acquisition, GPS and other key computers. In addition, the Falcon unit provides power conditioning and instantaneous backup power in the event the vehicle’s electrical system is compromised.