When it comes to encoders for motion feedback, the number one question we get is: how do I choose the right encoder output for my motion control application? This white paper will walk you the through the process, show you what questions to ask, and help you determine which encoder output type is right for your application. Download this white paper... … [More]
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Reliability Verification for AI and ML Processors
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are seeing growing adoption in a wide range of applications, due primarily to the improvement in algorithms, advancements in hardware design, and … [More]
Parasitic Extraction of MIM/MOM Capacitor Devices in Analog/RF Designs
Major advances in communications technology offer new opportunities and challenges for radio frequency (RF) design. 5G, the fifth generation of cellular technology, promises to deliver increased speed … [More]
Improving Productivity With More Efficient LVS Debug
Layout vs. schematic (LVS) verification is an essential and integral part of integrated circuit (IC) verification in a system-on-chip (SOC) design cycle, but with today’s highly dense and hierarchical … [More]
Discover how SLS can revolutionise your manufacturing process
Perfect for prototypes or end-use manufacturing, selective laser sintering (SLS) is the ultimate 3D printing technology for thermoplastic parts. A testament to their strength, SLS thermoplastic parts … [More]
Key Considerations for Deciding Whether or Not to Panelize PCBs
When an electrical engineer orders a board from a fabricator, the fabricator will almost always make the design out of standard-size stock. To make the best use of the material, multiple copies of the … [More]
Design Considerations for a Bidirectional DC/DC Converter
With the wide use of energy storage devices such as batteries and supercapacitors, the current trend is to simplify battery charge and discharge management. A bidirectional DC/DC converter can … [More]
The Touch Screen Integration Problem
The purpose of this whitepaper is to address a common problem many engineering teams face when creating a new product: that the ubiquitous touchscreen is often overlooked in the initial design phase, … [More]
System-Level Approach Enables the Design of Precision, High Density, Isolated Analog Output Module for Process Control
When designing channel-to-channel isolated analog output modules for process control applications the main trade-off is usually between power dissipation and channel density. As module sizes shrink … [More]
Enabling Seamless Ethernet to the Field with 10BASE-T1L Connectivity
10BASE-T1L is a new Ethernet physical layer standard (IEEE 802.3cg-2019) that dramatically changed the process automation industry by significantly improving plant operational efficiency through … [More]
Choosing the Most Suitable Predictive Maintenance Sensor for Machines
When monitoring the health of a machine, it is critically important to select the most suitable sensors to ensure faults can be detected, diagnosed, and even predicted. This technical article from … [More]
The FIT SERIES
The FIT series is your guarantee of bushing/shaft perfection. Accurate linear motion depends on: The perfect bush bore For the perfect shaft diameter And perfect preloading. And… FIT lowers … [More]
Ready to find the right Figure 4 material for your application?
With recent process advancements, additive manufacturing enables access to parts with production-ready quality, speed, and cost. The only thing left to master has been achieving production-grade … [More]
What Every PCB Designer Needs to Know About Part Selection
Selecting the right part for your PCB project is part science and part art. The science is in the circuit design, while the art is in balancing job requirements such as performance, cost, and … [More]
From Sustainability to Saving Lives: Engineers are Accelerating Innovation. Read how.
This timely e-book explores and shares real-world examples of how engineers are addressing environmental, health and social justice challenges from a purpose-driven perspective. As a result, they are … [More]
Optimal 5G Design With Virtual Prototyping
Current mobile data technology is being pushed to its limit. The increase in bandwidth-heavy apps for streaming, the need for high-speed internet in territories where infrastructure is limited and the … [More]
From prototyping to production, HP 3D HR PP enabled by BASF results in robust parts and shorter supply chains
Extol leverages the manufacturing industry’s familiarity with polypropylene combined with the capabilities of HP Multi Jet Fusion technology to help customers decrease time to market through design … [More]
A technical comparison: Performance of pneumatic cylinders and electric rod actuators
As industrial automation technology has advanced, application demands have increased for flexibility, precision, efficiency and reliability in linear motion. This has resulted in considerable debate … [More]
Factors To Consider When Choosing A Crossed Roller Bearing
More precise motion control for microprocessor manufacturing, diagnostic equipment and automation. Ends slippage in any mounting direction– even with lower momentum motors such as linear … [More]
Piezo Mechanisms and Hexapods Engineered to Advance Automation
PIEZO Actuators are the gold standard when it comes to precision, speed, and force in a small package. With the absence of friction and wear, they can provide billions of cycles of maintenance-free … [More]
PCI Express® Measurement Techniques for Gen5 and Beyond
Historically, the preferred instrument for measuring the reference clock jitter of PCI Express® (PCIe®) systems has been the digital storage oscilloscope (DSO). Unfortunately, as the data rates in … [More]
Push-In Connection Terminals: Making Wiring Reliable, Safe and Efficient
Push-in connection technology is a new wiring option adding to a wide range of IDEC components and automation products. This new push-in feature is already in use on IDEC’s HW-series pushbuttons and … [More]
Smart Factories Need Smarter Machines: New Revenue Opportunities with Edge Computing
While automation has been an integral part of machine design for many years, new concepts such as Digital Transformation, Smart Manufacturing, Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) … [More]
Eliminating The Hidden Cost of Machine Design
Many machine designers automatically specify profiled rails because they deliver accuracy at a low cost, unaware of the problems that can arise when it’s time to assemble the machine — and beyond. … [More]
Build-to-print and Custom Control Panels
Best-in-class control panel design, engineering, and manufacturing based on your unique needs. Turck, a leader in industrial automation solutions, can design and incorporate industry-leading fieldbus … [More]
Fusing CMOS IC and MEMS Design for IoT Edge Devices
A new breed of designers are creating IoT edge devices that span across analog, digital, RF, and MEMS domains. They are tackling a challenge that once seemed impossible: combining the electronics of … [More]
Key Technology Trends Driving the Medical Connector Market
The quality and reliability of electronic equipment is vital for every industry, but it is especially critical in the medical industry where human life and safety depend on equipment operating as … [More]
Industrial IoT (IIoT) – Where is Silicon Valley
Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) has a market forecast approaching over one hundred billion, so it has everyone’s attention right now, except, it seems, Silicon Valley. Turning volumes of factory … [More]
Integrated Design Management for Collaborative IC Design
For IC design and verification teams, employing a data management tool is important for successful projects. Often, specific blocks are assigned to team members based on analog, digital, MEMS, RF … [More]
White Paper on the Basics of Bellow Couplings – Functional Principles and Design Considerations for Engineers
Over the past few decades the metal bellows has been employed in an increasing number of critical machine drive applications. Its unique physical characteristics can be combined to optimize drive … [More]
AI Accelerator Ecosystem: An Overview
As teams create custom machine learning acceleration blocks in C++, they often employ a High-Level Synthesis flow to quickly find power and performance solutions. But tools alone cannot jumpstart … [More]
Machine Learning at the Edge: Using High-Level Synthesis to Optimize Power and Performance
Moving machine learning to the edge has critical requirements on power and performance. Using off-the-shelf solutions is not practical. CPUs are too slow, GPUs/TPUs are expensive and consume too much … [More]
High-Level Synthesis for Autonomous Drive
Although RTL has traditionally been the starting point for digital design, it is becoming too expensive and time consuming. Algorithmic intensive hardware for AI in autonomous vehicles requires a new … [More]
Automated constraint checks enhance analog design reliability
Many layout-dependent and operational environment variation effects that reduce reliability are subtle and hard to predict. Analog designers use layout best practices to mitigate variation impact, but … [More]
Configurable, easy-to-use, packaged reliability checks
Using a packaged checks flow lets designers quickly select, configure and run custom reliability checks and check combinations to help design companies achieve today’s demanding time-to-market … [More]
Demystifying Industrial IoT Connectivity
The Industrial IoT (IIoT) is primarily about connecting machines in industrial settings. Think original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), oil and gas, and more. Working on such a massive scale, the … [More]