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Oltronics Releases Pocket Hercules Digital AC-DC 450W Power Supply

September 08, 2009 by Jeff Shepard

Oltronics Inc. is releasing its new Pocket Hercules digital ac-dc 450W power supply. The supplies come in a 3 X 5 inch footprint and include the entire input voltage range of 90 to 264V with 250W convection operation at 50°C.

Prominent features include: available outputs of 12 - 100V; up to 94% efficiency; full digital control and feedback between primary and secondary side; multiphase soft switching, high efficiency PFC (90 - 264 Vac); and patented high efficiency primary to secondary converter topology.

Additional features include: active inrush protection; accurate digital current share network; imbedded active OR’ing for N+1 operation and hot swapping; all electrical parameters, timing and behaviour can be easily accessed and modified over I²C (PMBUS) or RS-232 by the user in field; electrical parameters, temperature and functionality are available for continuous monitoring; self diagnostic and auto-optimize features; remote hardware or digital turn ON/OFF; 5V (1A) standby output; 12V (1A) auxiliary output; and they are RoHS-6 compliant.

The estimated BOM cost could be as low as $40.