Traditional analog power systems can be challenging to design because of their complex nature. Development time and costs increase quickly, especially as the number of power supplies increase in a system. Whether it is changing feedback resistor values late in the design or simply trying to identify which rail is off sequence, many things can go wrong in a purely analog power system. Dedicated monitoring ICs are generally required for each channel to monitor each parameter of concern, such as a voltage supervisor, temperature sensor or current monitor. Even then, it can still be difficult to assess the system’s overall health or change power supply output voltages without an expensive board spin. One thing is for sure, changing power supply voltages in real-time for binning purposes or to optimize a system’s performance on the fly is not possible. It is in these chaotic and stressful situations where Digital Power becomes extremely useful. The more complex a system is, the more benefits Digital Power brings.