Chapter 1 - Thinking Power

Abstract

The chapter deals with thinking power. It highlights the fact that practice and theory are two sides of the same coin—one of the first things one requires to be aware of while troubleshooting switching converters is that one must develop an ability to look at a practical problem through the eyes of supporting theory, and vice versa. As one takes the first step into the world of troubleshooting, one must consciously attempt to leave perceptions, presumptions, and past intuition behind. An individual must start afresh, and learn to analyze whatever lies ahead, with the due diligence of an unremarkable, but assiduous, engineer. The chapter also discusses the fact that one should never ignore a problem until it is too late; one may have just become guilty of trying to build and test the era's most highly efficient converters in the most inefficient manner. Usually no one ever needs to know about any of this. But it can certainly affect one, one fine day. Particularly if one has not been looking out for the signs.