Author: Josh Johnson
Shippers of Lithium Batteries and Equipment Experience Delays as New Air Transport Requirements Take Effect
Bob Richard, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs
Labelmaster Services
Newly enacted regulations for transporting lithium batteries and lithium battery-powered equipment are causing various holdups due to a lack of awareness among some shipping and transport personnel. Read more about Shippers of Lithium Batteries and Equipment Experience Delays as New Air Transport Requirements Take Effect …
April 2013
The Path of Least Resistance
Upal Sengupta, Staff Applications Engineer
Texas Instruments – Battery Management Solutions
One (almost literal) “rule of thumb,” which I learned some years ago, was that if you couldn’t hold your finger on an IC for more than one second without feeling pain, the chip’s case temperature was probably above 50ºC. While I don’t recommend this technique as a substitute for doing actual thermal measurements on your PCB, it was an interesting discovery at the time… and of course it was also easier to do when IC packages were a little bigger than they are now. Read more about The Path of Least Resistance …
