Hardened Power supply

[rrjb9498]

What is meant when they talk about a Hardened Power supply?

[Orion]

An example would be helpful.

[Jon Gerow]

What is meant when they talk about a Hardened Power supply?

I have never heard this term. Is it something that was translated from another language?

[GDILord]

A power supply that runs a hardened Gentoo installation?

/joke

[mariush]

Maybe it's a poor translation of "industrial power supply" ... maybe it's designed for higher temperature range, maybe has some dust filters ...

[ashiekh]

What is meant when they talk about a Hardened Power supply?

Hardened against an Electro Magnetic Pulse (EMP)?

[Spectre]

Yes, industrially (and in applications like aviation, space flight, and the military) electronics in general can be/are "hardened" or shielded for EMP and radiation.

[ashiekh]

I didn't mention radiation as it would seem to affect chips... me having forgotten that power supplies these days have their own chips.

I seem to recall that one reason the Russians had tube technology in their military planes was their better ability to survive an electro-magnetic pulse; I don't know if they still use valve technology.

[Spectre]

I didn't mention radiation as it would seem to affect chips... me having forgotten that power supplies these days have their own chips.

I seem to recall that one reason the Russians had tube technology in their military planes was their better ability to survive an electro-magnetic pulse; I don't know if they still use valve technology.

The amount dwindles each year but the US and the Russians still have some tube based technology in use.

[ashiekh]

Don't the really powerful transmitters still use tubes (Klystrons)?

I know very little of this technology.