For most applications involving a DC or BLDC (brushless DC) motor, it is advisable to use a motor controller, in fact if you are using a brushless (electrically commutated “EC”)... Read More

With current market dynamics constantly driving toward shorter design cycles, enhanced system functionality, and more portable end systems, the need for a new methodology to simplify these challenges without adding... Read More

You may have read how Microsoft customers such as ThyssenKrupp Elevator and Rockwell Automation are applying Internet of Things (IoT) concepts to transform their business. Their deployments reflect the bottom-line... Read More

For decades, spectrum analyzers have been used in the development and characterization of radar and electronic-warfare (EW) systems. However, traditional swept measurements are rapidly becoming insufficient for today’s agile and... Read More

The century-old U.S. electricity grid is said to be the largest interconnected machine on Earth. The grid comprises more than 9,200 generating units producing over 1,000 GW and connected to... Read More

Designing a power management system for a source that harvests energy from the environment can be challenging. These sources, from solar cells to vibrational energy, and even power from thermal... Read More

On the face of it, a power supply is a basic component. An input, at some value in V AC or V DC, is converted to an output with a... Read More

Digitizing analog documents, books and works of art has developed into a broad-based professional activity with the aim of saving and preserving our cultural heritage and making it accessible to... Read More

Thanks to their low conduction and switching energy loss, IGBTs are widely used in high power applications such as power supplies, motor driving inverters, electrical vehicles, etc. The requirement for... Read More

If I were asked to design a truly secure smartphone, it would be really easy. The phone would have one button and it would dial just one number. Why? Because... Read More