When selecting the appropriate power switches for motor control applications designers are tasked with balancing performance requirements and total system costs. When system costs are the highest ...

Graceful Shutdown: Ensuring the motor and controller are shut down safely when the application is stopped. If the application operates on a multicore MCU/DSP/FPGA, an appropriate inter-core ...

The profound impact of neurological injuries and diseases, such as stroke, spinal cord injury, and neurodegenerative disorders, often manifests as ...

The ability to control the motors’ speed and rotation is the design key of drones, making the electronic speed control (ESC) module an added value and a fundamental part of a drone. In this article, ...

Electric motors are the workhorses of industry-driving automation equipment, pumps, and fans. They are also the main component in appliances such as air-conditioners, washers, and refrigerators.

The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) defines a servo device as “an adjustable-speed AC power drive system that includes an AC motor integrated by feedback, a converter, and control, ...

Using pulse outputs from a PLC is a cost-effective way to get simple motion. Most, if not all, PLC manufacturers provide a way to control servos and steppers using a pulse train signal. So when a ...

Harley-Davidson has been granted a patent for systems and methods to operate an electric motor in a two-wheeled vehicle. The technology involves detecting control positions, mapping torque requests, ...