One of the challenges designers face is finding the time to perform labor-intensive calculations to minimize external component count. This challenge becomes even greater when designing higher current solutions that involve controllers, which require the selection of external MOSFETs.

    National's new family of PowerWise SIMPLE SWITCHER  controllers and SIMPLE SWITCHER regulators, as well as the new enhanced features of WEBENCH  Power Designer, provide designers with a complete set of products and tools to easily simulate, optimize and build system designs.

    WEBENCH Power Designer now features the industry’s first complete MOSFET selection tool, enhanced optimization tools including bill-of-material components charts, efficiency and footprint graphs, and the ability to output a fully formatted report summarizing the design, to help make controller designs easy.