Glossary
DALI – Digital Addressable Lighting Interface
DALI networks have a controller and one or more lighting devices that communicate through DALI interfaces. The controller can monitor and control each luminaire [...]
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Current Sharing
What is Current Sharing? Current sharing is the technique in which power supplies are connected in parallel to provide more load current or redundant power to a [...]
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Current Monitoring
An analog power supply signal which is linearly proportional to output current flow. Usually only feasible for single output power supplies.
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Current Limit Techniques
Current limit techniques are used to control the amount of current flowing in a circuit. Limiting ensures that a safe amount of current flows throughout the [...]
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Current
Current the unit used to measure the flow of electrical charges through a conductor. It flows whenever there is a source, which is usually a voltage and, a [...]
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CSA
Canadian Standards Organization. This is a Canadian government organization that evaluates the safety of electrical equipment.
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Crowbar Protection
Crowbar protection is a fail-safe protection mechanism which shorts circuits the output of a power supply under failure conditions such as overvoltage. Crowbar [...]
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Crest Factor
Crest factor is the ratio of the instantaneous peak amplitude of a waveform, to its root mean square RMS value. The peak amplitude refers to the instantaneous [...]
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Converter
What is a Power Converter? A converter is an electrical circuit which accepts a DC input and generates a DC output of a different voltage, usually achieved by [...]
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Convection Cooling
Convection cooling is the mechanism where heat is transferred from the hot device by the flow of the fluid surrounding the object. The fluid can either air, [...]
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