Resources

The books, courses, videos, application notes, tools and papers that the modules’ “Go deeper” lists recommend, and a few more, all in one table. Each was checked against its title in two independent web searches and carries the date it was checked; CI opens every link and matches its title again, or, where a host turns the CI runner away, the title of the link’s latest Internet Archive capture. The lists by type follow in the sidebar, and the sources cited in the text are in the bibliography.

Every resource listed here is in English.

Resources, with their type, level, tags and the date each link was retrieved

Resource	Type	Level	Tags	Retrieved
Magnetics Design Handbook (SLUP132) L. H. Dixon, Texas Instruments (Unitrode) Lloyd Dixon's magnetics design handbook, reproduced by TI from the 2001 Unitrode edition. The ti.com copy requires a free myTI login.	Book	Intermediate	magnetics, gap-and-AL, core-loss	2026-09-23
Fundamentals of Power Electronics, 3rd ed. R. W. Erickson, D. Maksimović The textbook this site follows for its symbols and derivations: steady state, DCM, averaged models, control and magnetics.	Book	Intermediate	ccm-dcm, averaged-models, control-basics, magnetics	2026-09-24
Power Electronics: Converters, Applications, and Design, 3rd ed. N. Mohan, T. M. Undeland, W. P. Robbins A broad textbook that also covers line-frequency rectifiers, the semiconductor devices, snubbers, drive circuits and heat sinks.	Book	Intermediate	rectifiers, semiconductors, snubbers, gate-drive, magnetics	2026-09-24
Switch-Mode Power Supplies: SPICE Simulations and Practical Designs, 2nd ed. C. P. Basso Converters worked through with SPICE: averaged models, loop compensation and practical designs.	Book	Advanced	simulation, spice, averaged-models, control-basics, flyback	2026-09-24
Power Electronics D. W. Hart An introductory undergraduate textbook, with PSpice simulations beside the circuit analysis.	Book	Introductory	topologies, spice	2026-09-24
Trilogy of Magnetics Würth Elektronik A reference guide on magnetic components: basic principles, the components and their applications in EMI filters, switch-mode supplies and RF circuits.	Book	Intermediate	magnetics, emi, inductors	2026-09-24
Principles of Steady-State Converter Analysis (Ch. 2) R. W. Erickson, D. Maksimović The standard derivation of volt-second and charge balance, the small-ripple approximation and inductor/capacitor ripple.	Book chapter	Introductory	switching-principle, volt-second, ripple, buck, boost, buck-boost	2026-09-23
Steady-State Equivalent Circuit Modeling, Losses, and Efficiency (Ch. 3) R. W. Erickson, D. Maksimović DC transformer models and how winding and semiconductor resistances limit the conversion ratio and efficiency.	Book chapter	Introductory	averaged-models, losses, efficiency	2026-09-23
Switch Realization (Ch. 4) R. W. Erickson, D. Maksimović How transistors and diodes realize the ideal switches, and where the switching losses come from.	Book chapter	Intermediate	semiconductors, switching-loss, diodes, mosfets	2026-09-23
The Discontinuous Conduction Mode (Ch. 5) R. W. Erickson, D. Maksimović Origin of DCM, the K and K_crit boundary and the DCM conversion ratios derived with charge balance.	Book chapter	Intermediate	ccm-dcm, k-parameter	2026-09-23
Converter Circuits (Ch. 6) R. W. Erickson, D. Maksimović How the basic topologies relate, and transformer-isolated versions including the flyback and forward converters.	Book chapter	Intermediate	topologies, flyback, forward, isolation	2026-09-23
AC Equivalent Circuit Modeling (Ch. 7) R. W. Erickson, D. Maksimović Averaging, perturbation and linearisation of converter equations, and the small-signal model of the PWM modulator.	Book chapter	Intermediate	averaged-models, small-signal, control-basics	2026-09-23
Converter Transfer Functions (Ch. 8) R. W. Erickson, D. Maksimović Bode plots of the control-to-output transfer functions, including the right-half-plane zero of the boost and buck-boost.	Book chapter	Intermediate	small-signal, rhp-zero	2026-09-23
Controller Design (Ch. 9) R. W. Erickson, D. Maksimović Loop gain, crossover frequency, phase margin and the design of PD/PI compensators.	Book chapter	Intermediate	control-basics	2026-09-23
Basic Magnetics Theory (Ch. 10) R. W. Erickson, D. Maksimović Magnetic circuits, the transformer model with magnetizing and leakage inductance, and core and winding loss mechanisms.	Book chapter	Intermediate	magnetics, faraday, transformers, core-loss	2026-09-23
Inductor Design (Ch. 11) R. W. Erickson, D. Maksimović The constraints a filter inductor must meet, the core geometrical constant K_g that turns them into a core size, and a step-by-step design procedure.	Book chapter	Intermediate	magnetics, inductor-design, core-geometrical-constant	2026-09-24
Transformer Design (Ch. 12) R. W. Erickson, D. Maksimović Designing a transformer when core loss, rather than saturation, limits the ac flux density, with copper and core loss traded against each other.	Book chapter	Intermediate	magnetics, transformer-design, core-loss, winding-loss	2026-09-24
AC and DC Equivalent Circuit Modeling of the Discontinuous Conduction Mode (Ch. 15) R. W. Erickson, D. Maksimović The DCM averaged switch model, in which the input behaves as a loss-free resistor.	Book chapter	Advanced	averaged-models, ccm-dcm, loss-free-resistor	2026-09-23
Introduction to Power Electronics University of Colorado Boulder (Coursera) First course of the CU Boulder specialization: steady-state analysis, losses and efficiency.	Course	Introductory	switching-principle, volt-second, averaged-models	2026-09-23
Converter Circuits University of Colorado Boulder (Coursera) DCM analysis and the isolated converter circuits, following the same textbook.	Course	Intermediate	ccm-dcm, topologies, flyback, forward	2026-09-23
Converter Control University of Colorado Boulder (Coursera) Averaged small-signal models, converter transfer functions and feedback loop design.	Course	Intermediate	small-signal, rhp-zero, control-basics	2026-09-23
Magnetics for Power Electronic Converters University of Colorado Boulder (Coursera) Magnetic circuits, core and winding losses, and inductor and transformer design.	Course	Intermediate	magnetics, core-loss, winding-loss	2026-09-23
6.334 Power Electronics (Spring 2007) D. Perreault, MIT OpenCourseWare A complete graduate course with lecture notes and problem sets.	Course	Advanced	switching-principle, topologies, magnetics, control-basics	2026-09-23
6.002 Circuits and Electronics (Spring 2007) A. Agarwal, MIT OpenCourseWare (course content by A. Agarwal and J. H. Lang) MIT's first circuits course, with video lectures, notes and problem sets.	Course	Introductory	circuit-laws, foundations	2026-09-23
6.003 Signals and Systems (Fall 2011) D. Freeman, MIT OpenCourseWare Signals and systems with video lectures: Laplace transform, frequency response, Bode plots and Fourier series.	Course	Introductory	phasors-laplace, fourier, foundations	2026-09-23
Power Electronics Specialization University of Colorado Boulder (Coursera; R. W. Erickson, D. Maksimović, K. Afridi) The course series around the textbook, from converter circuits to control and magnetics.	Course	Intermediate	ccm-dcm, control-basics, magnetics	2026-09-24
Modeling and Control of Power Electronics Specialization University of Colorado Boulder (Coursera; D. Maksimović) Averaged and small-signal modeling of converters and the design of their control loops.	Course	Advanced	averaged-models, small-signal, control-basics	2026-09-24
6.334 Lecture Notes D. Perreault, MIT OpenCourseWare Chapter-style notes on dc/dc converters, magnetics and isolated converters.	Lecture notes	Advanced	switching-principle, topologies, magnetics	2026-09-23
6.002 Lecture Notes A. Agarwal, MIT OpenCourseWare Lecture-by-lecture notes (from the Fall 2000 offering) on circuit laws, energy-storage elements and sinusoidal steady state.	Lecture notes	Introductory	circuit-laws, foundations	2026-09-23
6.003 Lecture Notes D. Freeman, MIT OpenCourseWare Lecture slides: the Laplace transform (lecture 6), frequency response and Bode plots (lectures 9 and 11), Fourier series (lecture 15).	Lecture notes	Introductory	phasors-laplace, fourier, foundations	2026-09-23
LTspice Basics (video series) Analog Devices Short videos on a first schematic, transient and AC simulations, and the waveform viewer in LTspice.	Video	Introductory	simulation, spice, ltspice	2026-09-24
Power Supply Design Seminar (PSDS) library Texas Instruments Seminar papers and recordings on topologies, control, magnetics and gate drive; the content needs a free myTI account.	Video	Intermediate	topologies, control-basics, magnetics, gate-drive	2026-09-24
Sam Ben-Yaakov — power electronics videos S. Ben-Yaakov Intuitive, equation-light explanations of converter behaviour.	Video channel	Introductory	intuition, ccm-dcm, flyback, magnetics	2026-09-23
Understanding Buck Power Stages in Switchmode Power Supplies (SLVA057) E. Rogers, Texas Instruments Steady-state and small-signal analysis of the buck power stage in CCM and DCM, with component requirements.	Application note	Intermediate	buck, ccm-dcm, small-signal	2026-09-23
Understanding Boost Power Stages in Switchmode Power Supplies (SLVA061) E. Rogers, Texas Instruments The boost counterpart: steady-state and small-signal analysis in CCM and DCM.	Application note	Intermediate	boost, ccm-dcm, small-signal, rhp-zero	2026-09-23
Understanding Inverting Buck-Boost Power Stages in Switch Mode Power Supplies (SLVA059) E. Rogers, Texas Instruments The inverting buck-boost power stage analysed the same way.	Application note	Intermediate	buck-boost, ccm-dcm, small-signal, rhp-zero	2026-09-23
Basic Calculation of a Buck Converter's Power Stage (SLVA477) B. Hauke, Texas Instruments A compact CCM design-calculation checklist: duty ratio, inductor ripple, capacitors.	Application note	Introductory	buck, ripple, design	2026-09-23
Basic Calculation of a Boost Converter's Power Stage (SLVA372) B. Hauke, Texas Instruments The boost version of the same checklist.	Application note	Introductory	boost, ripple, design	2026-09-23
Output Ripple Voltage for Buck Switching Regulator (SLVA630A) S. P. Singh, Texas Instruments Buck output ripple with the capacitor's charge, series resistance (ESR) and series inductance (ESL) taken into account.	Application note	Intermediate	passives-real, esr, ripple, buck	2026-09-23
Sensor Design for Inductive Sensing Applications Using LDC (SNOA930C) Texas Instruments Written for inductive sensing; its explanation of the capacitance between turns, the self-resonant frequency and how to measure it applies to any wound inductor.	Application note	Intermediate	passives-real, self-resonance, inductors	2026-09-23
Fundamentals of MOSFET and IGBT Gate Driver Circuits (SLUA618A) L. Balogh, Texas Instruments MOSFET switching behaviour, gate charge and gate-drive power, and practical gate-drive circuits.	Application note	Intermediate	semiconductors, gate-drive	2026-09-23
Designing RC snubbers (AN11160) Nexperia How to find a ringing node's parasitic capacitance and inductance with an added capacitor, then choose the RC snubber's capacitor and its resistor from a damping factor, trading peak voltage against loss.	Application note	Intermediate	snubbers, ringing, measurement	2026-09-24
Impedance Measurement Handbook (5950-3000) Keysight Technologies How LCR meters and impedance analyzers measure, why a component's measured value depends on the test frequency and signal, and how to connect and compensate the test fixture.	Application note	Intermediate	measurement, impedance, lcr-meter	2026-09-24
Low Level Measurements Handbook, 7th edition Keithley Instruments (Tektronix) Precision dc measurements, among them low resistances with the four-wire (Kelvin) method, which keeps the test leads' resistance out of the reading.	Application note	Intermediate	measurement, resistance, four-wire	2026-09-24
AN-136: PCB Layout Considerations for Non-Isolated Switching Power Supplies Analog Devices (Linear Technology) The hot loop, the layer stack and the switch node of a buck converter's board, step by step.	Application note	Intermediate	layout, bench	2026-09-24
AN-1149 Layout Guidelines for Switching Power Supplies (SNVA021C) Texas Instruments Current loops, ground planes, the feedback trace and the input capacitor, in a short note.	Application note	Introductory	layout, bench	2026-09-24
Power MOSFET Basics: Understanding Gate Charge and Using it to Assess Switching Performance (AN608A) Vishay Siliconix The gate-charge curve read interval by interval, and what each charge says about the switching times.	Application note	Introductory	gate-drive, semiconductors, bench	2026-09-24
Bootstrap Circuitry Selection for Half-Bridge Configurations (SLUA887A) Texas Instruments Choosing the bootstrap capacitor, diode and resistor of a half-bridge driver, and what goes wrong when they are too small.	Application note	Intermediate	gate-drive, bench	2026-09-24
AN-1144: Measuring Output Ripple and Switching Transients in Switching Regulators Analog Devices How a probe's ground lead exaggerates switching transients, and the tip-and-barrel method for output ripple.	Application note	Introductory	probes, measurement, bench	2026-09-24
Understanding Oscilloscope Frequency Response and Its Effect on Rise-Time Accuracy (5988-8008) Keysight Technologies Why the rise time an oscilloscope shows depends on the shape of its frequency response, not on its bandwidth alone.	Application note	Intermediate	probes, measurement, bench	2026-09-25
Semiconductor and IC Package Thermal Metrics (SPRA953) Texas Instruments What the thermal resistances and characterization parameters on a data sheet mean, how they are measured, and how they are misused.	Application note	Intermediate	thermal, bench	2026-09-24
Understanding Thermal Dissipation and Design of a Heatsink (SLVA462) Texas Instruments The thermal path from a junction to the air, and sizing a heat sink from it.	Application note	Introductory	thermal, bench	2026-09-24
Power MOSFET Tutorial (APT-0403) Advanced Power Technology (Microchip) A power MOSFET's structure, its data sheet's parameters and how they change with temperature.	Application note	Introductory	thermal, semiconductors, bench	2026-09-24
Managing Inrush Current (SLVA670A) Texas Instruments Where inrush current comes from when a load's capacitance is switched on, and how a slower voltage rise reduces it.	Application note	Introductory	protection, inrush, bench	2026-09-24
Fuseology: Fuse Facts and Fuse Selection Guide Littelfuse How a fuse's ratings are defined, and what its current, its pulses and its ambient temperature do to it.	Application note	Introductory	protection, fuse, bench	2026-09-24
Reverse Current/Battery Protection Circuits (SLVA139) Texas Instruments Circuits that protect a load against a battery connected backwards, starting from a diode in series with the battery.	Application note	Introductory	protection, battery, bench	2026-09-24
Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitor Application Guide Cornell Dubilier Electronics How an aluminum electrolytic capacitor's capacitance, ESR and life change with temperature, ripple current and voltage.	Application note	Intermediate	capacitors, temperature, bench	2026-09-24
A Guide to the Safe Use of Lithium-Ion Secondary Cells in Notebook-type Personal Computers and Tablet Terminals JEITA Why a lithium-ion cell's charging is limited in temperature, voltage and current, and what a charger must do outside those limits.	Application note	Intermediate	battery, temperature, bench	2026-09-24
Snubbing the flyback converter (SSZTCV6) R. Kollman, Texas Instruments How a flyback's leakage inductance drives the switch above the reflected voltage, and how the clamp voltage trades against the clamp's loss.	Technical article	Intermediate	snubbers, clamps, flyback, leakage	2026-09-24
Five steps to a great PCB layout for a step-down converter (SLYT614) Texas Instruments Five steps to a step-down converter's board, with the input capacitor as its most important component.	Technical article	Introductory	layout, bench	2026-09-24
System Trade-offs for High- and Low-side Current Measurements (SSZTA51) Texas Instruments A short comparison of placing the shunt in the ground return or on the supply side.	Technical article	Introductory	current-sensing, bench	2026-09-24
Optimize High-Current Sensing Accuracy by Improving Pad Layout of Low-Value Shunt Resistors (Analog Dialogue 46-06) M. O'Sullivan, Analog Devices How the solder of a low-value shunt enters the reading, and the four-pad layout that keeps it out.	Technical article	Introductory	current-sensing, layout, bench	2026-09-24
How is bandwidth related to rise time for oscilloscopes? (Tektronix FAQ) Tektronix The 0.35 rule between an oscilloscope's bandwidth and its rise time, and where it holds.	Technical article	Introductory	probes, measurement, bench	2026-09-24
Temperature and Voltage Variation of Ceramic Capacitors, or Why Your 4.7 µF Capacitor Becomes a 0.33 µF Capacitor Analog Devices (Maxim Integrated) How a class-2 ceramic capacitor's capacitance changes with temperature and with its dc voltage, and why its code tells only the first.	Technical article	Introductory	capacitors, temperature, bench	2026-09-24
Floating-Point Arithmetic: Issues and Limitations the Python documentation (the tutorial) Why 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 is not 0.3 in a computer, why each operation can add a rounding error of up to one part in 2**53, and why results are compared within a tolerance, not for equality.	Technical article	Introductory	python, numerics	2026-09-25
bq25570 Nano Power Boost Charger and Buck Converter for Energy Harvester Powered Applications Texas Instruments A harvesting charger that tracks the maximum power point by sampling a fraction of the source's open-circuit voltage.	Data sheet	Intermediate	harvesting, mppt, charger	2026-09-24
LTspice Analog Devices A free SPICE simulator from Analog Devices.	Tool	Introductory	simulation, spice, ltspice	2026-09-24
ngspice the ngspice project An open-source SPICE simulator; the site's simulator is cross-checked against it in CI.	Tool	Intermediate	simulation, spice, ngspice	2026-09-24
Ngspice User's Manual the ngspice team The reference for every netlist line: the .tran and .meas statements, and the .options that set the integration method and the tolerances.	Tool	Intermediate	simulation, spice, ngspice	2026-09-25
SymPy: Solve Equations the SymPy development team How SymPy solves an equation or a system for a symbol, as the site's derivation scripts solve the balance equations.	Tool	Introductory	python, sympy, derivations	2026-09-25
CircuitJS1 circuit simulator P. Falstad (the original Java applet), I. Sharp (the port to the browser) A circuit simulator in the browser that animates the currents; good for a first look at a converter.	Tool	Introductory	simulation, browser	2026-09-24
CircuitJS1 source code P. Falstad, I. Sharp The simulator's source: how it steps in time, and how it models its inductors, transformers and diodes in each step.	Tool	Advanced	simulation, browser	2026-09-25
Circuit Simulator JavaScript Interface Documentation the CircuitJS1 project How a web page runs the simulator from JavaScript and reads its node voltages and currents after every step, as the site's CI does to check the library's circuits.	Tool	Intermediate	simulation, browser	2026-09-25
Ferrite Magnetic Design Tool TDK Electronics The manufacturer's ferrite material data as curves: permeability, power loss against frequency, flux density and temperature, and core calculations.	Tool	Intermediate	magnetics, core-loss, ferrite	2026-09-24
KaTeX Khan Academy and contributors The math typesetting library that renders every equation on this site, in strict mode at build time.	Tool	Introductory	site, math	2026-09-24
Starlight the Astro project The documentation theme for Astro this site is built with.	Tool	Introductory	site	2026-09-24
Standards and figure-of-merits for quantifying the performance of triboelectric nanogenerators Y. Zi, S. Niu, J. Wang, Z. Wen, W. Tang, Z. L. Wang Open access: the cycles for maximized energy output, and the figure of merit that compares triboelectric nanogenerators by the energy a cycle delivers per area and per displacement.	Paper	Advanced	harvesting, triboelectric, figure-of-merit	2026-09-24
Toward energy harvesting using active materials and conversion improvement by nonlinear processing D. Guyomar, A. Badel, E. Lefeuvre, C. Richard The paper that introduced synchronized switch harvesting on inductor; the PubMed record carries its abstract.	Paper	Advanced	harvesting, piezoelectric, sshi	2026-09-24
Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Device Optimization by Synchronous Electric Charge Extraction E. Lefeuvre, A. Badel, C. Richard, D. Guyomar The paper that introduced synchronous electric charge extraction, whose harvested power does not depend on the load.	Paper	Advanced	harvesting, piezoelectric, sece	2026-09-24
Optimized piezoelectric energy harvesting circuit using step-down converter in discontinuous conduction mode G. K. Ottman, H. F. Hofmann, G. A. Lesieutre A step-down converter in DCM between a piezoelectric element and a battery, run at the duty ratio that harvests the most.	Paper	Advanced	harvesting, piezoelectric, ccm-dcm, matching	2026-09-24
Comparison of Photovoltaic Array Maximum Power Point Tracking Techniques T. Esram, P. L. Chapman A survey of maximum power point tracking methods, the fractional open-circuit voltage method among them.	Paper	Intermediate	harvesting, mppt	2026-09-24
Realization of loss-free resistive elements S. Singer The loss-free resistor: a converter that draws power like a resistor and delivers it instead of dissipating it.	Paper	Advanced	loss-free-resistor, harvesting	2026-09-24
On the law of hysteresis C. P. Steinmetz The 1892 paper behind the Steinmetz equation for core loss (reprinted in the Proceedings of the IEEE in 1984).	Paper	Advanced	magnetics, core-loss	2026-09-24
Effects of eddy currents in transformer windings P. L. Dowell The layer model behind the ac resistance of windings, used on the winding-loss page.	Paper	Advanced	magnetics, winding-loss	2026-09-24
Adaptive piezoelectric energy harvesting circuit for wireless remote power supply G. K. Ottman, H. F. Hofmann, A. C. Bhatt, G. A. Lesieutre An adaptive dc-dc converter that tracks a piezoelectric element's best operating point.	Paper	Advanced	harvesting, piezoelectric	2026-09-24
A comparison between several vibration-powered piezoelectric generators for standalone systems E. Lefeuvre, A. Badel, C. Richard, L. Petit, D. Guyomar The standard interface, SECE and the SSHI variants compared for standalone systems.	Paper	Advanced	harvesting, piezoelectric, sece, sshi	2026-09-24