{"id":19286,"date":"2017-09-29T08:40:56","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T06:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.sma-sunny.com\/?p=19286"},"modified":"2022-08-29T16:09:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T14:09:09","slug":"a-new-direction-in-inverter-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sma-sunny.com\/en\/a-new-direction-in-inverter-development\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Direction in Inverter Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"SMA Innovation Management\" style=\"width:1280px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe hidef\" id=\"WYL_qu3fyg-lPME\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/qu3fyg-lPME\/maxresdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qu3fyg-lPME\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M12S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2017-09-29T07:35:51Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_qu3fyg-lPME\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/qu3fyg-lPME\/maxresdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">SMA Innovation Management<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qu3fyg-lPME\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/qu3fyg-lPME\/0.jpg\" alt=\"SMA Innovation Management\" width=\"1280\" height=\"700\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Agile methods have become the standard in software development. SMA employees have now employed this principle for the first time for an inverter prototype. The specifications for the team called for developing a cost-effective inverter for worldwide use within nine months. The SMA Managing Board supported this project and freed the team from all the rules such projects are normally subject to, along the lines of \u201cDon\u2019t ask in advance what you&#039;re allowed to do\u2013just do it.\u201d You can see the results for yourself. ----- SMA Solar Technology AG - www.sma-solar.com SMA Corporate Blog - en.SMA-Sunny.com SMA on Facebook - www.facebook.com\/SMAInternational SMA on Twitter - www.twitter.com\/SMAsolar Contact - SocialMedia@SMA.de SMA Solar Technology AG is a global leader in the development, production and sales of PV inverters and, as an energy management group, offers innovative key technologies for future power supply structures.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:1280px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Agile methods have become the standard in software development. SMA employees have now employed this principle for the first time for an inverter prototype.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The specifications for the team called for developing a cost-effective inverter for worldwide use within nine months. 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