From the Editor

The Internet of Things (IoT) is growing rapidly and so also the need to power electronic devices that enable IoT. Concurrently, the emerging 5G network is further improving the performance of connected devices to further drive the growth of IoT in emerging applications. Billions of connected devices must be powered reliably. Collectively, the load on utility power will be huge. … [Read more...] about From the Editor: Utilizing Energy Harvesting to Power IoT Devices

As computational power rises and cost goes down, more and more designers are opting for hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation for their high power converters and systems. It is providing the means for high-fidelity real-time simulation of the converter hardware. In short, HIL is enabling a risk-free environment for development and testing of control schemes, which is especially … [Read more...] about From the Editor: Realizing Digital Replica of Megawatt Converters With Small-Scale Real-Time Simulators

Artificial intelligence (AI) is not new and has evolved for last several decades. However, in the power electronics world it is gaining momentum now and is advancing rapidly in modern power electronic systems (PES). It is providing very powerful tools for design, simulation, control, estimation, fault diagnostics, and faulttolerant control of PES, thereby enabling modern smart … [Read more...] about From the Editor: Making Power Electronic Systems Smarter With AI

Designing and developing a power delivery system for a robot, both static or mobile, is challenging as there are several factors that must be taken into consideration. Besides powering a broad variety of loads that could be part of a typical robot, such as high-power artificial intelligence (AI) computing systems, motor drives, sensors, RF communication systems, logic boards, … [Read more...] about From the Editor: Robotics Power Systems Present Many Challenges