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3 unusual facts about Switched-mode power supply


Brahmarshi Prem Nirmal

After working for about 2 years with Applied Electronic Limited (Aplab) company in Thane, Maharashtra, and one more year in Hybrid Electronics, Mumbai, he started his own business of manufacturing SMPS and invertors, Nirmal Power Systems.

Bruno Putzeys

Current activities include designing high-performance discrete AD/DA converters and analogue signal processing circuits, DSP algorithms, class D power amplifiers and switch-mode power supplies.

Shorepower

Batteries on a vessel may be used to power an inverter (SMPS) capable of producing AC, which can be used for appliances that require AC power.


A35 autoroute

On the German side of the frontier, plans to build a final stretch of Autobahn to connect the French A35 directly with the German A65 at Kandel were not implemented during the 1990s when the focus of Autobahn construction switched to the eastern side of the country.

Alina Makarenko

As a junior, Makarenko competed as an individual gymnast but switched to competing in the Russian Group under Russian Head Coach Irina Viner.

Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order

People such as Ibrahim al-Sumadaie of the Iraqi Constitutional Party fear that JRNT could become increasingly attractive to Sunnis aggrieved by a Shiite dominated government or those who had previously left the insurgency and switched sides to the Coalition forces to fight al Qaeda, such as the Awakening Councils, who now feel abandoned.

Ascania Racing

Following the introduction of Group R regulations in 2013 and the restructuring of the secondary World Rally Championship categories, Ascania Racing switched to campaigning in the WRC-2 with Mini John Cooper Works S2000 cars supported by British motorsport firm Prodrive.

Buyang people

Traditional Buyang clothing resembles that of the Gelao and Lachi peoples, although many have now switched to Zhuang-style clothing.

Carl Ballantine

He switched to comedy magic and changed his name to "Carl Ballantine", after he noticed a bottle of Ballantine whisky in an advertisement and decided it sounded "show-businessy and classy", and called the magic act "Ballantine, the World's Greatest Magician".

Chris Gudzowsky

Originally a Muay Thai fighter, in 2006 he switched to bobsleigh to follow in his father's footsteps.

Christa Ackroyd

In September 2001, she switched to the BBC to present the Leeds-based edition of Look North with Harry Gration.

David Jenkinson

Later he switched to 7 mm scale modelling, building Kendal, Kendal II and Kendal Branch the latter of the earlier pre-grouping period of the London and North Western Railway (LNWR).

Dodge Magnum

By the latter half of the 1978 season, Petty and Neil Bonnett (the two top Mopar teams) gave up on the cars inconsistent performance and switched to Chevrolets, leaving independent drivers Buddy Arrington (who bought a few of Petty's Magnums, along with some parts) and Frank Warren, and C&W singer Marty Robbins to soldier on without any substantial (Chrysler did provide sheet metal and some engine parts to teams driving Magnums) factory support.

Dominic Steele

He switched to 2UE as a journalist in 1985 first covering police rounds, then rural news, then news editing.

Double Seventh Festival

Barry Hughart's fantasy novel, Bridge of Birds, is loosely based upon this story, though the two figures are switched.

Echizen Ōno Castle

Nagachika built Echizen Ōno Castle in 1576 before he was transferred to Takayama Castle in 1586, and from this point on, the castle switched between lords many times.

Fred Allison

After several years there (teaching at Emory and Henry and working on his Ph.D. in alternate years) he switched to the University of Virginia, and receiving his Ph.D. in physics in 1920 while working with Jesse Beams.

Fritz Windhorst

Because it provided no exceptions for impregnations stemming from rape and incest, the measure was vetoed by Governor Buddy Roemer, a Democrat, who switched parties the following year.

Gary Lambert

Lambert later switched to rugby league, playing for the United States in the 1996 Super League World Nines tournament.

Goldene Peitsche

The race was switched to Grunewald in 1918, and it returned to Hoppegarten in 1923.

Hiroomi Takizawa

Takizawa later switched to skicross, and made his World Cup debut in January 2005 with a twelfth place in Pozza di Fassa.

HP-35

The HP-41C was a major advance in programmability and capacity, and offered CMOS memory so that programs were not lost when the calculator was switched off.

International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference

The location of the conference switched between North America and Europe until 2006 when the venue was located in Cairns, Australia.

ISUP

ISDN User Part or ISUP, a feature of Public Switched Telephone Networks

K02RB-D

On May 6, 2009, the station was switched to an analog translator of KHIZ-DT 44 in Barstow, California.

Kamleshwar

By late 1970s, he had made his first short TV film the “Jamuna Bazar”, near river Yamuna in Delhi, and soon switched to television scriptwriting, and eventually became the 'Additional Director General' of Doordarshan, India's national television channel, (1980–82), during his tenure, in a matter of 24 months, the entire nation was connected with television network.

KFTA-TV

Much of the far northern part of the market got a better signal from KSNF in Joplin, Missouri (which, incidentally, switched from CBS to NBC in the same year as channel 24).

KMVQ-FM

At 10:03 a.m. on Friday, September 22, 2006, after playing "American Pie" by Don McLean, KFRC switched to a Rhythmic AC format, relaunching this time as "The New MOViN' 99.7" (with KFRC calls) with Gonna Make You Sweat by C+C Music Factory as the first song.

Legal education in Hong Kong

However, in September 2008 it switched from a three to four year LLB, whilst overseas candidates for the Postgraduate Certificate in Laws must now take conversion exams prior to admission to the programme.

Louis Pouzin

Louis Pouzin (born 1931 in Chantenay-Saint-Imbert, Nièvre, France) invented the datagram and designed an early packet communications network, CYCLADES.

Luigi Sagrati

He began to study the viola in the early 1950s and switched to this instrument on a full-time basis when was invited by Pina Carmirelli and Arturo Bonucci to replace Renzo Sabatini in the Quintetto Boccherini.

Pete Morelli

Morelli was hired by the NFL in 1997 as a back judge, then switched to field judge after the league swapped position titles in 1998, and was promoted to referee with the start of the 2003 NFL season following the retirements of Dick Hantak and Bob McElwee.

Pierluigi Giombini

It was Wendy Carlos' Switched-On Bach records that inspired him to study and create the synth sounds that he later used on his hit records in the 1980s.

Public switched telephone network

The call is switched using a call set up protocol (usually ISUP) between the telephone exchanges under an overall routing strategy.

Ricardo Maurício

For 2008, WA Mattheis switched cars to the Peugeot 307, which Maurício took to championship victory with five wins from the twelve races, narrowly beating the Astras of Marcos Gomes and Thiago Camilo in the process.

Rick Klassen

In 1984, however, when Matthews, former Edmonton defensive co-ordinator, traded for James "Quick" Parker from the Eskimos, Klassen again switched positions.

Eight games into the 1981 CFL season, head coach Vic Rapp saw Klassen's potential on the defensive side of the ball and he switched him to defensive tackle after defensive lineman Rick Goltz suffered a season-ending injury.

Scott Gummer

But after 18 months spent toiling in the traffic department at the Foote Cone & Belding ad agency, Gummer switched to magazine editorial, starting out as a fact-checker at GQ and later moving to LIFE, where he would write and produce photo essays with photographers including Harry Benson, Galen Rowell, Robb Kendrick, Bob Sacha, Theo Westenberger, Co Rentmeester, Taro Yamasaki, and others.

Starlink Project

Between 1992 and 1995 the project switched to UNIX (and switched the networking to TCP/IP), supporting Digital UNIX on Alpha-based systems, and Solaris on systems from Sun Microsystems.

Tadhg Ó Cellaigh

Rudhri was defeated, and Fedlim "plundered the officers of Ruaidri O Conchobair and seized the kingship of Connacht from Assaroe (Assaroe Falls) to Slieve Aughty himself .. and took hostages of the Clann Cellaig." Forced to submit, Tadhg now accompanied Fedlim, who switched sides and proceeded to wage war against his former allies, the Anglo-Irish of Connacht.

The Derailers

Seeking greater mainstream success, The Derailers switched to Sony’s Lucky Dog Records for their next release, Here Come the Derailers, and were paired with Nashville A-list producer Kyle Lehning.

The Exploding Meatball Sub

Barney indicates that a trip to Spain would cost a lot of "lira", which was the Italian currency (until they switched to the Euro a decade earlier).

The Independent Review

In 2013, Higgs switched to the role of Editor at Large and Christopher Coyne, Michael Munger, and Robert Whaples took over the job, with Whaples as the Managing Editor.

TinyMUD

One MU*, TinyTIM, formerly ran on TinyMUD but switched to a custom code base several years ago.

TNQ

However, the station faced a crisis in the days leading up to aggregation when WIN Television bought the Toowoomba and Rockhampton-based Star Television, and switched the affiliation from Ten to Nine, in line with WIN's NSW station.

Trenton Titans

The games were broadcast on radio during the first nine years of existence on WHWH, WBCB-AM, and WTSR, In 2008, the broadcasts switched to internet-only, and were handled by first-year play-by-play announcer Paul Roper, who was selected to broadcast the 2009 ECHL All-Star Game.

Tupolev ANT-21

It was officially tested during July–December 1934, but was not accepted for service by the Soviet Air Force, as it now wanted fighters armed with heavy Recoilless rifles, and interest switched to the Tupolev ANT-29 derivative.

United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, 2002

Incumbent Republican Congressman Nathan Deal was initially elected to Congress in 1992 as a Democrat, but switched to his current affiliation as a Republican in 1995 and has been re-elected without substantive opposition ever since.

Vz. 24

The G24(t) produced under German control progressively gained some Kar98k features, but the Považská Bystrica plant (receiver code 'dou') switched entirely to Kar98k production in 1942.

WGNU

Former KFNS host Tim McKernan and his company, InsideSTL Enterprises, bought the weekday air time for WGNU, and the station switched to a Monday-Friday only sports format on August 1, 2013.

WRNO-FM

On April 1, 2008, the station switched to "Rush Radio," all day repeats of The Rush Limbaugh Show and a tape loop of Rush's theme song, the instrumental from My City Was Gone by The Pretenders, during times when the show was not playing.

WVEE

As of 2012 both WVEE and WPEG are the only CBS Radio Urban properties remaining, as two other Urbans had shifted to Rhythmic: WPGC-FM in Washington, D.C. (which is a larger radio market); and WJHM/Orlando, which switched formats from Urban to rhythmic contemporary in February 2012.


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