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You Asked, We Answered Let us save you a Google search – here’s resources that answer some of the most commonly asked questions by designers working on power designs. Frequently Asked Questions What is a Power Module? To meet the challenge of designing power sub-systems, many designers are considering using power modules instead of traditional discrete POL designs, with time to market, size constraints, reliability and design capabilities being motivating factors. Learn more about why power modules are becoming a popular design choice | White Paper What is Digital Power? Digital power helps reduce power consumption and manage the growing power complexity in modern electronic systems. Explore the benefits for system designers working with digital power modules, and learn how digital power modules can simplify the design of a high performance compact power supply. Discover the benefits of switching to digital power | White Paper How to Build a Battery Management System? Curious about what goes into designing a battery management system? We’ve created a beginner’s guide to battery management system (BMS) architecture, with a discussion of the major functional blocks, and the importance of each block to the battery management system. Find out what you need to build a BMS | White Paper How to Charge a Supercapacitor? Supercapacitors are adopted as energy storage solutions in a variety of power management applications. Because of their intrinsic physical characteristics that provide advantages over traditional batteries, supercaps are attractive for automotive, industrial and consumer applications where the frequent replacement of batteries isn’t practical. Learn how to charge supercapacitor banks for energy storage | White Paper Video Tutorials If you still find yourself with unanswered questions, check out our Power and Analog 101 video series:

Power 101 Intersil’s introductory course on power electronics discussing the basic building blocks of a DC-DC power system: linear and switching regulators. Watch Power 101 Webinar Analog 101  An introductory overview of Intersil's analog signal path products including op amps, voltage references, digital potentiometers, rs-485/rs-422, data converters, switches, muxes, and RTCs. Watch Analog 101 Webinar