#power efficiency

[futureelectronic1527]

CUI: Power 101 USB Power Delivery

https://www.futureelectronics.com/resources/featured-products/cui-inc-external-ac-dc-power-supplies . In this Power 101 video from CUI, we explain how USB Power Delivery (USB PD) works and its benefits and uses in relation to power adapters. https://youtu.be/PEm-UWIFqNg

[timestechnow]

Alliance Memory has expanded its high-speed CMOS mobile SDRAM lineup with the new 16Gb LPDDR4X device, AS4C1G16MD4V-046BIN. This single-channel, 200-ball FBGA package operates at 0.6V, offering enhanced power efficiency and clock speeds up to 2.133GHz, with a data rate of 4.2Gbps. Ideal for portable electronics, including smartphones and IoT devices, it ensures high performance in audio and video applications. Operating within -40°C to +95°C, the LPDDR4X SDRAM provides a reliable, pin-compatible upgrade, reducing redesign and requalification costs. Samples and production quantities are available now, priced between $15 and $18.

[clhdy2da]

https://www.futureelectronics.com/p/semiconductors--discretes--diodes--ultrafast-rectifiers/murs160-e3-52t-vishay-3156554

Ultrafast Plastic Rectifier, Reverse recovery, Reverse Voltage,

MURS160 Series 600 V 1 A 50 ns SMT Ultrafast Plastic Rectifier - DO-214AA

[tech-know-logy]

The remarkable performance and power efficiency of the Dimensity 7050

[rnldd2ove]

https://www.futureelectronics.com/p/semiconductors--discretes--diodes--ultrafast-rectifiers/murs160-e3-5bt-vishay-8143063

Ultrafast rectifiers minimize power, high frequency switched mode power supplies

1 A 600 V 75 ns Surface Mount Plastic Ultrafast Rectifier - DO-214AA

[vrnn2jame]

https://www.futureelectronics.com/p/semiconductors--discretes--diodes--ultrafast-rectifiers/murs160-e3-52t-vishay-9370859

High reverse voltage surge capability, ultrafast rectifiers minimizes power

MURS160 Series 600 V 1 A Surface Mount Super-Fast Rectifier - DO-214AA

[elecpowertechnologies]

Powering Business Success: Transforming Energy Solutions with EPT

In today's fast-paced business environment, optimising energy consumption and implementing reliable power solutions are vital for sustainable growth. Rising energy costs and environmental concerns necessitate innovative strategies that enhance efficiency and reduce carbon footprint.

This comprehensive guide explores the significance of power solutions and energy efficiency for businesses, providing valuable insights and practical tips for transforming energy consumption.

Drawing inspiration from the expertise of EPT, a leading provider of power solutions in Australia (ept.com.au), this article delves into the latest trends and technologies revolutionising the way businesses harness and manage energy.

The Importance of Efficient Power Solutions

Efficient power solutions form the foundation of sustainable business practices. By optimising energy consumption, businesses can significantly reduce costs, enhance productivity, and contribute to a greener future.

Reliable power solutions ensure uninterrupted operations, safeguard critical equipment, and minimise downtime, enabling businesses to maintain a competitive edge in today's demanding marketplace.

EPT specialises in delivering customised power solutions tailored to meet the unique requirements of various industries. With their expertise, businesses can benefit from intelligent power management systems, renewable energy integration, and proactive maintenance strategies.

These solutions empower businesses to reduce energy waste, lower operational expenses, and achieve long-term sustainability goals.

Embracing Renewable Energy Sources

In an era of increasing environmental consciousness, businesses are recognizing the significance of transitioning to renewable energy sources. The utilisation of solar power, wind energy, and other renewable alternatives not only reduces reliance on traditional fossil fuels but also provides substantial long-term cost savings.

EPT's holistic approach to energy solutions encompasses renewable energy integration. By leveraging advanced technologies such as solar panels and wind turbines, businesses can generate clean energy on-site, reducing their dependence on the grid and potentially achieving energy independence.

EPT's expertise in designing and implementing renewable energy systems ensures seamless integration and maximum efficiency, enabling businesses to make a positive impact on the environment while optimising energy costs.

Smart Energy Management Systems

Effective energy management is crucial for businesses seeking to streamline operations and minimise energy waste. Smart energy management systems offer innovative solutions to monitor, analyse, and optimise energy consumption, empowering businesses to make informed decisions regarding their energy usage.

EPT's cutting-edge power solutions incorporate intelligent energy management systems that enable businesses to track and control energy usage in real-time.

Through advanced analytics, businesses can identify areas of inefficiency, implement energy-saving measures, and improve overall operational performance.

These systems also provide valuable data insights, allowing businesses to forecast energy demands, optimise load distribution, and proactively address potential issues before they impact productivity.

Future-proofing Energy Solutions

As technology advances and energy requirements evolve, businesses must adopt future-proof energy solutions to remain competitive. EPT's forward-thinking approach ensures that businesses stay at the forefront of energy innovation, mitigating the risks associated with outdated power infrastructure.

By partnering with EPT, businesses can access state-of-the-art power solutions that are scalable, adaptable, and designed to meet the demands of the future.

From energy storage solutions to grid modernization initiatives, EPT offers a comprehensive range of services aimed at future-proofing energy infrastructure. By investing in these solutions, businesses can enhance their resilience, optimise energy consumption, and position themselves as industry leaders in a rapidly evolving landscape.

Power Solutions for Specific Industries

Different industries have unique energy requirements and challenges. EPT understands these complexities and offers tailored power solutions to meet the specific needs of various sectors, including manufacturing, healthcare, data centres, and commercial buildings.

For manufacturing industries, EPT's power solutions ensure uninterrupted production processes, minimise downtime, and optimise energy consumption. In the healthcare sector, EPT provides reliable power backup systems to safeguard critical medical equipment and maintain uninterrupted patient care.

Data centres benefit from EPT's energy-efficient solutions that optimise cooling systems, maximise uptime, and reduce energy costs. In commercial buildings, EPT offers smart energy management systems that improve energy efficiency, reduce carbon footprint, and enhance tenant comfort.

Conclusion

Efficient power solutions and energy management are pivotal for businesses to achieve sustainable growth while reducing their environmental impact.

With EPT's expertise in providing customised power solutions, businesses can embrace renewable energy sources, implement smart energy management systems, and future-proof their energy infrastructure.

By optimising energy consumption, organisations can unlock significant cost savings, enhance productivity, and contribute to a greener future.

To navigate the complex world of power solutions and energy efficiency, businesses can rely on the knowledge and experience of EPT, a trusted partner in revolutionising energy solutions for the modern business landscape.

Need help with your business’ power / energy solutions needs? Contact EPT today and one of our friendly experts will reach out to you to assist.

[pti2nedda]

High frequency switch, high reverse voltage surge capability, ultrafast rectifier diode

DFLU1400 Series 400 V 1 A Surface Mount Super-Fast Rectifier - PowerDI-123

[medicaldevicesindustrynews]

Driving the Future: Exploring the LED Driver Market

In 2021, the LED driver market generates $8,710.9 million, and it is projected to advance at a 24% CAGR, to capture $62,147.8 million revenue in 2030. It is attributed to the increasing production, and consumption of energy-efficient LED drivers, along with technological advancements in the lighting components. Lighting is one of the rapidly growing businesses, and the usage of smart light is…

[futureelectronic1101]

Lattice Avant FPGA Platform Power Efficiency Demo

https://www.futureelectronics.com/npi/lattice-semiconductor-avant-16nm-finfet-fpga-platform. Watch how the Lattice Avant FPGA platform delivers up to 2.5X lower power than similar class competitive devices, helping system and application engineers achieve power efficiency while simplifying thermal management and lowering operating costs. https://youtu.be/OhTvl85bZQk

[futureelectronic1527]

Lattice Avant FPGA Platform Power Efficiency Demo

https://www.futureelectronics.com/npi/lattice-semiconductor-avant-16nm-finfet-fpga-platform. Watch how the Lattice Avant FPGA platform delivers up to 2.5X lower power than similar class competitive devices, helping system and application engineers achieve power efficiency while simplifying thermal management and lowering operating costs. https://youtu.be/OhTvl85bZQk

[pianokantzart]

If we get our Luigi's Mansion movie, I'm very interested in seeing how King Boo's abilities would translate into a film format.

Bowser's abilities are pretty straightforward: strong, sturdy, has claws, breathes fire. Simple stuff. But King Boo? With that gem in his crown, his powers are kind of nebulous if not extremely OP:

Hyperrealistic Illusions

Telekinesis

Magical portrification

Materializing objects

Disappearing existing objects

Altering environmental physics

Self-duplication

Portal magic

Lightning

Altering the morality of surrounding ghosts(?)

I wonder if a movie would lay down some ground rules about the extent of what King Boo can do, or do something else to nerf him in one way or another.

[mewniemoon]

A 'what if Nari had Wings" doodle that went way out of hand. He's angry he splattered bbq all over himself :( So sad.

heres the sketch if u wanna peep at it:

[alicenotalice]

A favorite Tangoism of mine is when he comes across some Ridiculous Doc Nonsense (the hourglass, the flood, etc) while streaming and just rolls his eyes, calls it “compensating” and moves on without further comment

[withthewindinherfootsteps]

Wei Wuxian and Narrative Agency – Part One

For Xiantober Day One: Genius… albeit stretching the prompt so it refers to MXTX and MDZS itself, but at the end of the day it’s still about WWX – so no harm done!

(Part Two | Part Three | Full version on AO3)

The narrative is a very active player in MDZS’ story. How it presents information, what it chooses to show and omit, often reflects important facets of its themes and characters – Nie Huaisang, for instance, is so good at hiding behind his mask that not even the narrative can hold him accountable; the present day’s storyline as a murder mystery and the slow reveal of information about the past both prompt the reader to think critically about the truth of events, when the importance of thinking critically is an important theme; and the dangers not thinking critically (and instead basing conclusions on rumours without much evidence) are shown by tricking unquestioning readers into the very same trap the cultivation world falls into, as the information given by the title, summary and in-universe rumours – which contradicts how we see actually Wei Wuxian act – turns out to be false.

But nowhere do I love this trait more than in its treatment of Wei Wuxian – and, more specifically, in its way of emphasising his agency. We’re not just told how much his active choices define his character, and we’re not just shown this in-universe through his personality, worldview and the events he causes. I’d argue that this aspect goes a step further, and shapes the structure of the out-of-universe narrative as well.

There are two main ways this happens: one, in how the aspects of Wei Wuxian’s life that are shown and hidden directly tell us what’s important about his character (which is good writing but isn’t necessarily tied to this shaping of the narrative), which is what we’ll explore today; and two, how what’s shown and hidden reflects what Wei Wuxian himself prefers to dwell on, resulting in the narrative respecting his own thoughts and feelings on matters (which very much is tied to it). We’ll explore this at a later date.

But as for now – let’s explore my favourite aspect of MDZS.

(Here, narrative agency will be considered the ability of a character to meaningfully influence their events and the story they’re in.)

Tragedy, Circumstance, Choice

If we simply look at Wei Wuxian’s backstory in a vacuum, it seems almost typically tragic. His  parents died in circumstances beyond his control, he was left alone as a child with nobody to care for him, he was forced to grow up fending for himself on the streets, he was faced with abuse when he finally was taken in… as with all typical woobies, everything simply happened to him, and none of it was good. It’s just another example of the lack of agency being used for sympathy points, right?

…Except there’s one problem with that idea. We don’t actually see any of this.

It would’ve been easy to start the flashbacks during these times. We’re telling the story of Wei Wuxian in (largely) chronological order, and these are likely important experiences for him! But instead of starting in his street days, or evenat the moment Jiang Fengmian took him in*, we start at the lectures in the Cloud Recesses. That’s not even something mentioned in, and therefore something that’s able to disprove, the rumours at the start of the novel. So why is this the case? 

Well, there are multiple reasons – the main one being that MDZS is also Lan Wangji’s (and Wangxian’s) story, and having the flashbacks open with their first meeting is very satisfying. But I want to focus on something else.

This period doesn’t have to be shown, because what happens to Wei Wuxian, especially out of his control, isn’t what’s important about his character.

We’re not even at Lotus Pier here, where Wei Wuxian certainly has more agency than he would’ve had as a young child, but where the harm caused by Madame Yu is still completely out of his control. Here, he has agency! Though there are consequences, he is free to act, and what happens to him is a result of those actions and not of circumstance. Yes, he gets punished more than others who also take those same actions (due to classism); yes, it’s not his choice to be picked on by Lan Qiren in class (yet look how he responds, twisting the situation to his advantage and ending up tricking Lan Qiren into letting him leave, which is what he wanted to do. He is not at all helpless here!); yes, these choices have been influenced by his learned mindset from Madame Yu that punishment is arbitrary and will happen anyway, so you may as well do what you want regardless. But there is cause-and-effect here. It’s not circumstantial tragedy.

Therefore, instead of our first impression of past!Wei Wuxian being that of an unfortunate woobie, it’s of someone who has the freedom, ability and will to choose and act (and that’s after these initial tragic events have taken place). This is compounded by the fact that before we see any of his backstory, we get a similar impression of him in the present day.

If the purpose of his tragic past was to earn him sympathy points, to make us pity him due to how much he was influenced by events out of his control, this would’ve been a terrible way of going about it… and it’s this that betrays the true reason for its existence. Because now, the flashbacks instead show us how little these tragedies define who he is! From the very start, Wei Wuxian isn’t someone defined by circumstances out of his control, but rather by who he is as a person and by what choices he makes in the present day (which is both a mindset in-universe, and a nice little out-of-universe detail that lines up! Because out-of-universe, this means he’s not defined by sympathy points from a backstory, but rather by his great character writing… aka, by who he is as a person and what choices he makes). And this refusal to be defined by tragedy is a conscious choice on his part, too – but we’ll explore that more later. 

The important thing is that this idea of Wei Wuxian isn’t because of what exists in his past, it’s because of what parts of his past are shown to us (as well as what he chooses to do, with agency, in the present). 

Now, if this relationship between what’s displayed and what’s omitted was just a one-time thing, I might’ve considered it a cool detail or a nice way to establish a character, but not something the narrative is actively focusing on. But it’s a pattern that continues throughout the flashbacks. What, arguably, are the two other most important times in Wei Wuxian’s life where he doesn’t have enough agency to meaningfully influence his circumstances? His three months in the Burial Mounds (before escaping – he managed to assume some control of the circumstances but not enough to substantially reduce his suffering in his time there), and his loss and death during the First Siege. And we’re not shown either of them! We skip to when Wei Wuxian has emerged from the Burial Mounds and is torturing the Wens, or we skip to the present day – both times he has agency once more, because, again, what he’s like without it doesn’t matter enough to be shown. 

Furthermore, I’d argue this does actually contrast the other tragic events we see in Wei Wuxian’s later life. Things do go horribly wrong, but it’s either due to choices he knows the consequences of (see: rescuing the Wen Remnants in the first place), or instances where he still has some ability to act in the situation and influence it within the limitations. If he’d had no ability to influence circumstances at Qiongqi path, he would have died in the ambush; if he’d been unable to do that at Nightless City, he would’ve died then, too (of course Lan Wangji helped him escape as well). The attention drawn to him losing control of his actions in both instances is very interesting, but intentional or not, it’s still his actions influencing the plot. And that influence happens to be detrimental. The very ability to act and influence, at a base level,  is not taken away (though, of course, that doesn’t make these events any less tragic).

So, so far, the narrative seems to be telling us that the ability to act and choose is key to Wei Wuxian’s character. And it’s doing it through omitting his moments without agency in favour of instead showing us his moments with it. 

Let’s see if this is echoed in the text itself before we go further – because even with this pattern, nothing would end up mattering if Wei Wuxian’s agency wasn’t actually that important to the story itself. But thankfully it is, and that first impression we get of Wei Wuxian in the Cloud Recesses turns out to very much be accurate! Though there are defining circumstances out of his control that occur, such as the massacre of Lotus Pier, the majority of the important events of his life are due to his own choices. He didn’t happen to be forced to cease traditional cultivation and solely use guidao, didn’t happen to lose his Golden Core in a fight with Wen Zhuliu or due to some force in the Burial Mounds, it was his own choice to give it and his spiritual powers away. He didn’t tragically happen to get targeted by the cultivation world, it was a result of him acting on his morals and protecting the Wen remnants (a choice which he was fully aware of the implications of). He isn’t a protagonist to whom things simply occur, and that activeness and agency is my favourite thing about him. 

That’s not to say that the times Wei Wuxian doesn’t have agency, or feels like he doesn’t have any, don’t exist at all, either – but they are rare enough to have attention directly drawn to them in his internal narration:

Or else what could he do? He could do nothing. He was powerless. Lotus Pier had been destroyed, both Jiang FengMian and Madam Yu were gone, and Jiang Cheng had disappeared as well. He was the only one left, alone, with not even a sword in his hands. He didn’t know anything, he couldn’t do anything! For the first time, he discovered how little his power was. In front of something as large as the QishanWen Sect, it was the same as a mantis trying to stop a chariot. - Chapter 59, EXR translation

(And even in this circumstance, note that he still does force himself to act – to carry on searching for Jiang Cheng, to place his faith in Wen Ning – and does accomplish his goal (albeit with the help of others)! So even in dire situations, he isn’t simply passive. This is actually also the case with his time in the Burial Mounds, almost certainly the First Siege, and even his days on the streets as well (Chapter 20: he did actively fight with dogs to get food despite their danger and his growing fear of them, rather than just waiting and hoping to somehow receive some more). He can’t influence or immediately influence his circumstances, but that doesn’t stop him from trying.)

Overall, although they do influence him, Wei Wuxian is very much who he is in spite of his circumstances, not because of them. We’re shown the importance of his agency both in-universe by the major impacts his choices have on himself and the plot, as well as by narrative presentation – important periods where he lacks the ability to meaningfully influence anything are often mentioned but not directly shown, which suggests that such moments and circumstances aren’t as important to understanding Wei Wuxian’s character as moments where he does have this agency are. And I’d argue this works very well. Depending on the version of the story you consume, you may end up having different interpretations as to how much circumstances were at play nearer the end of his life – but nobody comes out of MDZS thinking about Wei Wuxian, the poor bearer of yet another generically tragic backstory.

(Part Two | Part Three | Full version on AO3)

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*We are shown this moment in more detail in Chapter 23… but even then, it’s through the framing of Wei Wuxian remembering Jiang Yanli’s narration, not through a flashback proper or even him remembering the experience itself!

[anetherealpoetess]

it's impressive sauron continually strove to conquer middle-earth throughout the second and third ages even though he was yearning for galadriel at the time. when i have a crush all i want to do is lie down in the middle of a major public intersection and cry