Power Integrations’ New PI Expert Suite 9.0 Power Supply Design Software Supports LED Lighting
Power
Integrations (Nasdaq: POWI),
the leader in high-voltage integrated circuits for energy-efficient
power conversion, today announced that the latest version of its popular
power supply design software, PI
Expert Suite 9.0, now includes support for its LinkSwitch™-PL
and LinkSwitch-PH
LED-driver ICs and its recently introduced TinySwitch™-4
off-line switcher IC family. Version 9.0 includes an enhanced
schematics-manipulation tool. It also enables designers to upload the
resulting BOM from the auto-generated schematic layout to selected,
leading design-fulfillment distributors.
New PI Expert Suite 9.0 Power Supply Design Software Supports LED Lighting and BOM Export to Distributors (Photo: Business Wire)
PI
Expert Suite 9.0 improves the productivity of power
supply design teams by greatly reducing the time to first prototype and
by slashing the number of prototype iterations required to reach a
finished product. The software now includes support for
solid-state-lighting products, enabling LED designs to be optimized for
CC, dimming and harmonic emissions. As with previous-generations, PI
Expert Suite 9.0 generates a
complete schematic of the power supply and offers power transformer
optimization techniques, even specifying the transformer design and
offering links to wound component manufacturers. A heatsink calculation
tool provides the designer with an estimation of the thermal design
requirements for a new power supply which may be used to guide layout
and mechanical prototyping decisions - avoiding iterations and wasted
time. Enhanced PCB layout recommendations based on the IC device and
package chosen allow the designer to minimize trace-induced EMI and
board area, and also maximize electrical noise immunity and surge
tolerance.
Comments Peter Vaughan, director of applications engineering at Power
Integrations: "LED-lighting engineers face difficult electrical,
mechanical and thermal challenges as they continue to develop innovative
solid-state-lighting products. PI
Expert remains the only comprehensive PSU design tool
capable of satisfying the demands of both experienced and new power
supply designers alike. With support for our LinkSwitch-PL
and LinkSwitch-PH
ICs, they can achieve a better, more efficient solution in a shorter
time.”
PI
Expert Suite 9.0 can be downloaded at www.powerint.com/pi-expert.
Transformer prototypes resulting from the use of this software may be
ordered through Power
Integrations' Rapid Transformer Sample Service (RTSS); a quick-start
guide describing how to create a compatible design file is available at http://www.powerint.com/rtss.
* Power Integrations’ design fulfillment distribution partners
include Digi-Key and Mouser.
About Power Integrations
Power
Integrations, Inc., is a Silicon Valley-based supplier of
high-performance electronic components used in high-voltage
power-conversion systems. The company’s integrated circuits and diodes
enable compact, energy-efficient AC-DC power supplies for a vast range
of electronic products including mobile devices, TVs, PCs, appliances,
smart utility meters and LED lights. CONCEPT IGBT driver systems
enhance the efficiency, reliability and cost of high-power applications
such as industrial motor drives, solar and wind energy systems, electric
vehicles and high-voltage DC transmission. Since its introduction in
1998, Power Integrations’ EcoSmart® energy-efficiency
technology has prevented billions of dollars’ worth of energy waste and
millions of tons of carbon emissions. Reflecting the environmental
benefits of the company’s products, Power Integrations’ stock is
included in the NASDAQ® Clean Edge® Green Energy
Index, The Cleantech Index®, and the Ardour Global IndexSM.
For more information, including design-support tools and resources,
please visit www.powerint.com;
visit Power Integrations’ Green
Room for a comprehensive guide to energy-efficiency standards around
the world.
Power Integrations, LinkSwitch, TinySwitch, EcoSmart, and the Power
Integrations logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Power
Integrations, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.
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