/challenges-projects/element14-presents/workbenchwednesdays/b/blog/posts/how-are-linear-regulators-and-switching-supplies-differentEvery electronic device includes a DC-DC converter for its power supply. That supply might come from a USB port, a "brick", a wall-wart, or in larger systems, there could be multiple point-of-load converters scattered around a single circuit board.&nen-USTelligent Community 12