# Power Design Made Simple: RECOM Power's Discrete Solutions

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Podcast: [Inside Electronics](https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-electronics-6742169)
Published: 2026-05-15T13:25:03+00:00
Episode link: https://insideelectronics.podbean.com/e/power-design-made-simple-recom-s-discrete-solutions/
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## Resource

This episode of Inside Electronics, sponsored by DigiKey and RECOM Power, focuses on next-generation power solutions and the tradeoffs between modular and discrete power designs. The episode also covers key topologies, and how engineers can optimize for cost, size, efficiency, and time to market. Host Alix Paultre introduces the topic and interviews Steve Roberts, Innovation Manager at RECOM Power. The conversation covers why power supply design is moving earlier in the product-development process, how modular solutions speed prototyping, and how discrete solutions can reduce cost and enable more customized, compact designs at higher volumes. Alix and Steve also cover the main topologies—push-pull, full bridge, and flyback—and how RECOM Power supports engineers with preselected parts, evaluation boards, and combined driver/transformer solutions.

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