Design Criteria

GrowAmerica SpringBoard – Round 2 results

Carl Belnap — Tue, 08 May 2012 04:28:06 +0000

We were notified that we are one of one hundred finalists that have made it past Round 2 for the competition in GrowAmerica Springboard for our novel concept for wireless power transmission. We have been invited to pitch our idea at the Salt Palace on May 21 to an audience and panel of judges. Empower Wireless Power!!

GrowAmerica Springboard

Carl Belnap — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:17:14 +0000

We have won the first round of competition in GrowAmerica Springboard for our concept for wireless power transmission. Hundreds of passionate entrepreneurs submitted innovative business ideas. We made the first cut – now on to Round 2!

New Power Supply Product

Carl Belnap — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:14:12 +0000

Design Criteria, Inc. announces a new power supply product for wall plug applications. The output of this efficient power supply is regulated and can be set for various DC voltages (12V, 5V, 3.3V, etc). Some typical applications for the wall plug power supply are battery chargers and low power equipment. Contact us for further information.

ClearKnight

Carl Belnap — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:16:37 +0000

Check out our information on the ClearKnight – high power IR illuminator.

Design Criteria, Inc. Launches ClearKnight

Carl Belnap — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:11:38 +0000

We have launched a novel patent pending product called ClearKnight – a high power remote controlled infrared illuminator for night vision goggles and equipment. More details to come!!

Contract Award

Carl Belnap — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:55:46 +0000

Design Criteria, Inc. was awarded a contract from Hill Air Force Base to design and manufacture a circuit board for the F-16 air combat fighter.

Advantages for Digitally Controlled DC-DC Converters

Carl Belnap — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:50:27 +0000

Here are some of the advantages for using a digitally controlled DC-DC converter.

High resolution pulse width and frequency setting
Dead band / Dead zone for bridges to avoid shoot through
Chopper for gate drive transformers
Internally / externally synchronizing autonomous modules
Voltages for comparison can be set digitally
Event triggering
Time dependent comparisons
High resolution A2D conversion
Simultaneous sampling
Temperature, voltage, current, etc. monitoring
Temperature, voltage, current, etc. fault detection
Production self test and diagnostic
Power monitoring and reporting