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Power Supply Applications and Types

If you remember something from physics class, you remember some stuff about AC DC. Well, those are the types of power supplies. All of them have different applications and tasks so it's only normal to have power conversion solutions when you need a different kind of power supply from the one you have. Main Types of Power Supply Based on the polarity of the voltage and the direction of current, there are two types of power supply: AC and DC. DC Power Supply DC power supply has a fixed polarity. What this means is that the magnitude and direction of the current doesn’t change with time. DC power supply has no factor and no frequency. Natural sources of DC power supplies include batteries or solar panels. Alternatively, we can use power conversion solutions to get DC from AC using the rectifier circuit. It is also possible to convert DC to DC like in military DC DC power supply . Now I know it doesn’t make sense but allow me to explain. In DC DC conversion, the type of power supply r...