When the considerations of end users, OEMs and power-supply vendors converge on the design of notebook adapters, the resulting solutions benefit each group. The notebook computer is fast becoming an ...

The incredible shrinking notebook adapter is a welcome trend. For a while there, portable computers kept getting thinner and lighter while still shipping with massive power bricks. And while notebook ...

The war against the tangled mess that’s created by most notebook power adapters has been moving forward lately, with Emerge Technologies’ ReTrak universal notebook adapter. The company just announced ...

Finding an empty plug in my office is sort of like striking gold. All my outlets are full and several of them have surge protectors plugged into surge protectors to power all my gear. Elecom has a new ...

Mike has close to 20 years experience planning, editing and writing across a range of technology based subjects. He has spent the last 15 years focussed mainly on Mobile – from laptops through to ...

FSP Group has some great power supplies, although they’re mostly used as OEM models by system builders. But they range from off-size tiny and specialized ones onto full-fledged ATX power supplies for ...

Odds are that unless you bring your computer back and forth between home and your office, you’re still using the power adapter that came with it. But if you plan to buy a second one, or just want to ...

Using TOP269EG off-line switcher IC, (U1), in a flyback configuration can be designed a very simple high efficiency notebok laptop power adapter.TOP269EG IC has an integrated 725 V MOSFET and a ...

Dell and Mobility Electronics are offering to replace the power adapter cords on about 38,000 Dell notebooks to avoid potential electrical shocks for their owners. The Round Rock, Texas-based PC maker ...

With laptops not always coming with a power pack that will last the lifetime of the computer, there is plenty of space for after-market replacements. Kensington have long been involved with notebook ...