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Power Tips #139: How to simplify AC/DC flyback design with a self-biased converter
Introduction The demand for smaller, lighter, and more efficient AC/DC USB power delivery (PD) chargers is always a challenge for power-supply design engineers. Below 100 W, the quasi-resonant flyback is still the dominating topology, and gallium nitride (GaN) technology can push the power density and efficiency further. However, providing bias power for the primary controller…

50+ Interview Questions and Answers for VLSI Design Engineer
In this article, we have listed Interview Questions and Answers for VLSI Design Engineer Job opportunities. These VLSI Design Engineer Interview Question Answers are divided into various categories which will help you crack Interviews and secure your job. All the categories and questions are listed below, click and explore the l/topic – Interview Questions for…

Why Icon-Only Design Is Failing Users: The Case for Text Labels | Web Designer Depot
In recent years, the minimalist trend has taken over the design world. Sleek, clean layouts have become synonymous with good design, and the simplest solutions are often the most highly praised. Within this trend, icons have become an essential visual shorthand, replacing text in the name of simplicity and brevity. However, this obsession with icons…

Design Handoff Pitfalls: Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them | Web Designer Depot
When it comes to web design, the handoff process is where the magic (or more often, the chaos) happens. For many advanced designers, this phase — where you move from the creative and technical development phase into the hands of developers — is one that can be fraught with stress, misunderstandings, and, let’s face it,…

Human-Centered Design Through AI-Assisted Usability Testing: Reality Or Fiction? — Smashing Magazine
The most reliable way to meet user needs is through extensive usability research. However, scaling can be a challenge, especially if a researcher needs to personally e-meet every participant. When left to their own devices, participants also tend to provide incomplete answers. Could parts of this interaction be automated to help researchers gather more data…

The Sims isn’t just a place you can build houses you’ll definitely never be able to afford; it’s a mid-life crisis Twilight Zone for freaking out about interior design
Help. There’s a gym room. Do I need a gym room? Do I want a gym room? I don’t know, but it’s there now. That’s far from the most pressing issue – the wallpaper. I’ve gone for one that looks like distant mountains in an abstract sense. It works thematically, the idea being this as…
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“Acquisitions That Help Address Gaps In Our Design Capabilities….. Interest Us” – Shrinivas Kulkarni, Cyient DLM
– Advertisement – Over the past five years, Cyient DLM (formerly Rangsons Electronics), a subsidiary of Cyient Limited, has rapidly expanded its footprint in the design-led manufacturing industry through strategic acquisitions. EFY’s Yashasvini Razdan interviewed Cyient’s CFO, Shrinivas Kulkarni, to explore the company’s inorganic growth strategy amidst shifting market dynamics over the past six months….

Be Quiet Light Base 900 DX Case Review: Innovative design with lots of space
The latest fishbowl-style PC case on our test bench is Be Quiet’s Light Base 900 DX, a chassis that supports three layout configurations. It also features ARGB lighting strips along the side, back-connect motherboard support, and includes two pre-installed ARGB and PWM hardware hubs. In many ways, the Light Base 900 DX is simply a…

Google’s Willow and the Quantum Menace: A Design Perspective | Web Designer Depot
When Google announced its new quantum computing marvel, the Willow chip, the tech world buzzed with excitement. Capable of solving problems in seconds that would take classical supercomputers millennia, Willow promises to revolutionize fields from healthcare to logistics. But for those in design and technology, Willow raises profound questions about security, ethics, and the future…