Predictive maintenance is the most efficient and effective way of managing a sizeable asset-based production facility or manufacturing site. Incorporating edge-based inference on microcontrollers and the normal core function, motor control, for example, saves considerable deployment costs. Also, conducting inference at the edge removes the need for constant and costly network bandwidth and latency challenges. In this … [More]
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The Ultimate Guide to Cable Management
Cable management usually refers to the organization of cables within an installation, appliance or a cabinet, e.g., cable junction box, outdoor utility cabinet or data cabinet. It also applies to … [More]
Benefits of Vapor Phase Reflow
With the rise of more complex components, it is important to analyze how components will be affixed to the PCB. In recent years, Vapor Phase reflow has proven to be a better choice for reflowing … [More]
Precise Positioning: Choose the Ideal Table for Your Equipment
The positioning mechanism you choose must perform with accuracy and precision while offering all the right attributes for your application. This white paper provides an overview of the different … [More]
Innovative Machinery Designs Driving Productivity, Safety and Reliability
The machines used to manufacture and assemble today’s increasingly connected devices, equipment, vehicles, and other items need to be just as advanced and intelligent as the end products themselves. … [More]
The Product Innovation Imperative
Today, the COVID-19 global pandemic and resulting changes in how work gets done are significantly impacting the way in which product leaders are designing, manufacturing and bringing new products to … [More]
Learn more about critical factors in fluid management to help optimize your device or system designs
With an increased focus on medtech innovation and speed to market, now is a great time for design engineers to improve current medtech products and systems and develop new ones. A solid understanding … [More]
Five Attributes of Quick Disconnect Couplings in Liquid Cooling of Electronics
Liquid cooling provides cost-effective and efficient thermal management. Quick disconnect couplings play an integral role in cooling system performance and reliability. Learn how to evaluate component … [More]
Cable Management – Smart Solutions for Your Application
How do you manage and protect the cables your design requires? We help you take on the challenges you face with an extensive range of cable management solutions, designed to make your design come to … [More]
Demystifying Ball Spline Specs
A customized ball spline is currently used in a robot that assists in orthopedic surgery, giving the surgeon greater precision than the human hand. The surgeon preprograms the movements of the ROBODOC … [More]
Making a plan to keep critical applications producing
Safeguarding the future of any program that includes embedded single board computers in terms of its long-term viability is typically front and center of the program manager’s upfront thinking. How … [More]
Characterizing the PSRR of Data Acquisition μModule Devices with Internal Bypass Capacitors
This article showcases how DAQ solutions evolve to be more complete signal chain solutions via system-in-package (SiP) technology, the supply decoupling can be co-packaged with the precision signal … [More]
Peak Current of Isolated Gate Drivers
This article discusses the issues with using peak current as a deciding factor when selecting a gate driver and compares some of the more common representations of peak current. Download Article … [More]
The A to Z of A2B Applications
This article highlights ADI’s A2B® solution, which is a high bandwidth, bidirectional, digital bus. This technology addresses many of the challenges that characterized point-to-point analog … [More]
AC and DC Data Acquisition Signal Chains Made Easy
Sampling phenomena in analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) induce the problems of aliasing and capacitive kickback. This article describes continuous-time sigma-delta (∑-Δ) ADCs that inherently and … [More]
Ultralow Noise, High Current, Compact DC-to-DC Converter Solution for Signal and Data Processing Circuits
The processing power of FPGAs, SoCs, and microprocessors continually increases, resulting in increases in power requirements. This article considers the LT8652S is a current-mode, 8.5 A, 18 V … [More]
A Modern Solution to Evolving Smoke Safety Regulations
Exclusive! This whitepaper presents the new regulations governing smoke alarms from Underwriters Laboratories (UL) and how these regulations impact current manufactured solutions. A detailed overview … [More]
Get Ready for 2025: Ten Practices to Successfully Implement Technology
Staying competitive in today’s global market means developing exceptional products that are innovative, high quality, and costeffective. With so much to consider, how can you get ahead? For many, … [More]
THE ENGINEERING HANDBOOK FOR DESIGNING SMART CONNECTED PRODUCTS
Today, the Internet of Things (IoT) is driving dramatic change. Some see it as an incredible opportunity, while others view it as a dire threat. Either way, companies who embrace the technology are … [More]
DESIGNING AND MANUFACTURING BETTER PRODUCTS WITH INTEGRATED 3D CAD TOOLS
Today, designers and engineers face growing pressure to develop more innovative products faster and at lower cost to help their companies succeed in a competitive global market. Responding to this … [More]
HOW TO FUTUREPROOF YOUR PRODUCT DESIGN: 5 Technologies your CAD Tool Must Support
As you look to stay relevant in the 2020s, which technologies will have the most impact on the competitiveness of your products? What are your competitors doing? What should you look for in design … [More]
The Miniature Connector Revolution In Defense Electronic Design
Our electrified defense industry, today, is rapidly expanding the use of centralized data management that reaches down and throughout all sectors of military operations. Connectors are designed to … [More]
Production Efficiency Starts with the Optimal Crimp
Terminals and splices are the foundation for every connection, and getting them right is vital to your technology performing in any environment. Download our white paper to learn the importance of … [More]
The Ultimate Guide to Fasteners
With so many fasteners available, how do you know which ones to use? Take screws, for example. They come in different head types, drive types, and materials. We’ve designed this guide to help you … [More]
FAST CHARGING CONNECTIVITY FOR INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES
Refueling a commercial vehicle at the lowest cost in the shortest amount of time has always been a critical piece of the total cost of ownership (TCO) puzzle. As more electric motors make their way … [More]
iPOS2401 CAN/EtherCAT – Micro motors now have the perfect motion controller to match their size
iPOS2401 CAN/EtherCAT - Micro motors now have the perfect motion controller to match their size Small and light (19 x 50 x 10 mm and weighing only 12 g) the iPOS2401 MX-CAT drive can be used in … [More]
How Connected Machines Enable Smart Factory Optimization
Smart, connected machine products make the notion of a Smart Factory and an alternative digital existence a reality. In a Smart Factory, machine monitoring and management extends past the physical … [More]
Accelerating Value Realization in the Smart Factory
Making a factory smart means taking advantage of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) – technologies that collect and centralize mass amounts of machine data gathered from industrial environments … [More]
Detecting Drones Using a Real-Time Spectrum Analyzer
When a drone is operating where it shouldn’t, the potential ramifications can be catastrophic and costly. For these situations, organizations need real-time, accurate, simple to operate and … [More]
Unleash the power of generative design and multi-disciplinary design optimization
Recently, the industrial machinery paradigm has undergone a significant evolution. Today’s machines are no longer primarily a mechanical piece of equipment, with the electrical design and software … [More]
Create your perfect machine with Advanced Engineering
Innovation is the most important growth factor for the machinery industry, and innovation requires speed. That means that fast product delivery is as important as a fast return on your (innovation) … [More]
Nylon Fasteners & Rivets: How Environmental Factors Impact Extraction Force
When selecting nylon rivets, snap rivets, or other fasteners, design engineers should be mindful of the proportionate relationship between the material’s (Nylon 6, Nylon 6/6) moisture content, its … [More]
Choosing the Best Type of Encoder for Your Application
This white paper describes the advantages and disadvantages of different types and configurations of encoders with a focus on devices using an Ethernet/IP interface. Different application … [More]
ROUND-WIRE WAVE SPRINGS ENABLE DESIGN EFFICIENCY
Wave springs manufactured from round wires take up less radial space and have a lower working height than other spring designs. Their precise load-deflection behavior combined with lower cost and … [More]
AI Accelerator Ecosystem: An Overview
Companies worldwide trust the Catapult HLS Platform for designing and verifying machine learning accelerators and connecting them to systems. But, Mentor has taken a big step farther and offers an AI … [More]
5G Verification is Impossible without Emulation
Emulation, combined with a rich assortment of virtualized versions of the many protocols that 5G will require, is the only practical way of ensuring that the first round of silicon built will be the … [More]