PowerWise Design TV

Arrow "Simplicity" Wireless Controlled LED Ref Design on PowerWise Design TV

Replacing today's existing incandescent lighting with energy-efficient LED lighting solutions in homes and businesses would save the country billions of kilowatt-hours of energy. Wouldn't it be nice if you could replace fixtures without pulling new wire through a building? LED lighting solutions have extremely high efficiency and remain in service longer providing a lower cost of ownership over the life of the fixture. Arrow Electronics and Freescale have collaborated to create a wirelessly controlled LED based lighting reference design. This design can provide engineers with a solid starting point when converting from incandescent bulbs to LEDs in new fixture applications.

Watch this webinar as Drew Clader, Kristen Elserougi and host Rick Zarr show you how this new Wireless lighting reference design will help you reduce the time required to bring an LED based lighting solution to market. This design features the LM3407 Constant-Current Output Buck Switching Converter for High-Power LEDs.

Presenters:
Drew Clader - Technical Sales Engineer, Arrow Electronics
Kristen Elserougi - Product Line Engineer at National Semiconductor
Host: Rick Zarr - PowerWise® Technologist at National Semiconductor

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Infrared (IR) OLIROS LED Lighting Module

New high-power infrared LEDs are finding use in security, industrial, military, and medical applications. Tune in today to watch a demonstration of the Avnet-developed "OSRAM LightSpeed IR Observation System" (OLIROS) high-power infrared module that features National’s LM3423 Constant Current LED Driver. Matt Reynolds, Cary Eskow, and Rick Zarr will demo and discuss the applications and system level benefits of the OLIROS board.

Presenters:
Cary Eskow - Director, LightSpeed Avnet
Matt Reynolds - Lighting Applications Manager, National Semiconductor
Rick Zarr - PowerWise Technologist, National Semiconductor

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LED Bulb Replacement Using National LED Drivers & Nuventix SynJet® Coolers

Need a design to replace standard MR16, PAR20, PAR25, PAR30, OR PAR38 lighting fixture form factors? National Semiconductor, Nuventix, and Avnet have created an LED Lighting reference design to ease incandescent bulb replacement. Tune in today to watch a demonstration of this unique design featuring the Nuventix SynJet® cooler and National’s LM3429 buck-boost LED Driver. This unique design makes incandescent bulb replacement easy by providing a complete solution for LED drive and thermal management which is extremely important for ensuring long LED life.

Watch this webinar and Matt Reynolds, Cary Eskow and host Rick Zarr will show you a demonstration of this design in action.

Presenters:
Cary Eskow - Director, LightSpeed Avnet
Matt Reynolds - Lighting Applications Manager, National Semiconductor
Rick Zarr - PowerWise Technologist, National Semiconductor

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Controller Design Using The WEBENCH Power Designer

Need a power supply quickly? Wouldn't it be nice if you could just describe the requirement and have the highest efficiency, smallest footprint, or lowest cost design created in seconds? Wouldn't it be ideal if you could simply turn a knob and optimize the design for your best price/performance point? Well, it's not fantasy. Watch this webinar and Jeff Perry, Chris Cooper and host Rick Zarr will show you how the new version of WEBENCH® Power Designer delivers Design Made Easy for voltage regulator controllers. This features the new SIMPLE SWITCHER® Controller series of parts for higher power applications.

Presenters:
Chris Cooper - Power Technology Specialist at Avnet
Jeff Perry - Senior Manager of the WEBENCH Team at National Semiconductor
Rick Zarr - PowerWise Technologist at National Semiconductor

WEBENCH tool features covered in this video:

• Easy FET selection that automatically checks shoot-through current, DC loss, FET capacitance curve
• Visual comparison of multiple design scenarios and optimization for efficiency, footprint, & BOM cost
• Interactive FET and passive selection based on vendor, size, specs, & cost
• Live simulation including load transient, thermal sim
• Build it: see your design creation validated on the bench

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MotionFire Development Platform

In this second edition of PowerWise® Design TV, host Rick Zarr introduces Arrow's MotionFire® development platform available to system designers for creating FPGA-based motor control designs. MotionFire is a complete and scalable reference design featuring Altera's Cyclone III FPGA and National’s power management and signal- path products. The platform addresses energy efficiency by controlling motors and offers flexibility and longevity over MCU and DSP based designs.

Guests include Stephen Herhusky, Arrow Electronics Field Applications Engineer; Jeff Wimett, Altera Corporation Senior Applications Engineer.

In this show:

• See the second edition of PowerWise Design TV
• See MotionFire controlling motors, real-time
• Learn more about FPGA-based motor control

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PowerWise Design TV - WEBENCH Sensor Designer

In this first edition of PowerWise Design TV, host Rick Zarr explores resources available to system designs for creating sensor-based applications. The award-winning WEBENCH Sensor Designer is featured as an online tool for creating designs based on user-selected/specified sensors. Beyond creating a "virtual" design, we see examples of sensor-based hardware designs that use components and evaluation boards recommended by the WEBENCH Sensor Designer.

Guests include Linda Schiavi, Future Electronics Product Line Manager; Jason Seitz, National Semiconductor Applications Engineer; and Wanda Garrett, National Semiconductor WEBENCH Designer Team Manager.

In this show:

• See the first edition of PowerWise Design TV
• See how to create a sensor design from sensor selection to hardware implementation
• Hear how WEBENCH Sensor Designer addressed a medical instrumentation design challenge
• See National’s new Data Capture Board and Software, ideal for monitoring & calibrating 8-16 bit ADCs

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