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PI Online Learning Centre Has Instructional Videos Power Integrations has launched PI University, an online technical learning centre featuring practical instructional videos on power-supply circuit design. The PI University courses offered each week will demonstrate new approaches to designing, specifying and testing efficient power supplies. PI University Season One covers a range of power-supply design topics, including bringing up a power supply for the first time; identifying and troubleshooting problems; complying with energy-efficiency standards; and measurement and testing techniques. A video will be released each week throughout January 2010. Courses currently available include: Testing Compliance to Energy-Efficiency Standards; Fixing a Flyback Supply with No Output Voltage; and Techniques for Measuring Efficiency Power Integrations. Each IC includes a 700V power Mosfet combined with control and protection circuitry on a single chip. Features include current limiting ...

Online Learning Provides Engineering Qualification IDC Technologies' Advanced Diploma in Industrial Automation includes weekly live, interactive presentations over the web, presented by experts. IDC Technologies' Advanced Diploma in Industrial Automation is now attracting enquiries for the last intake of 2008 Registrations for this course close in September. Studying via distance learning, students in this year's two previous intakes are based in countries including Canada, Australia, the UK, South Africa, France and Argentina. The course includes weekly live, interactive presentations over the web, presented by experts. There are also assignments, readings and simulations to complete. IDC Technologies Engineering Manager, Steve Mackay said "There is a critical shortage of automation, instrumentation and control engineers around the world now due to retirement, restructuring and rapid growth in new industries and technologies". He said that a career in industrial ...