Consumers and designers of portable systems increasingly want to know the remaining capacity of their battery as precisely as possible. They also want warnings to signal when to change the battery to ...

From cell phones to electric vehicles, every user is concerned about runtime. System designers work diligently to maximize runtime using one of two approaches: design the battery-powered system to ...

As many of us started in the industry, we learned quick rules to simplify complicated topics. One of these first rules is 12,000 Btus (British thermal units) per one ton of cooling capacity. It’s a ...