International Rectifier (www.irf.com) has introduced a LIN-controlled alternator-regulator (IRVR101) designed to optimize performance in next-generation intelligent automotive charging systems for ...

Over the past few years, we have run across some teams who, for the goal of attaining maximum power, chose to run without an alternator. We started thinking about that and decided to see if there were ...

Horse Sense:Before new alternators are released for sale, manufacturers evaluate their products using an industry-standard test sequence that covers a variety of outputs: maximum power, regulator set ...