This first video of a four-part video series describes the benefit of power muxing two or more input power paths to deliver reliable input power to critical systems. It gives an overview of different power muxing configurations and features. It details the benefits and tradeoffs between different power muxing configurations and how these configurations can be achieved using TI's power MUXes. When you have viewed this video, you should know if a power MUX is needed for your system and what configuration it should be set in.