Applications often end up with poorly-specified drives and other motion-control components. Often that is because engineers and designers overlook characteristics such as motor type, torque, power and ...

MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, and Infinitum, creator of the sustainable ...

The A1442 full-bridge motor driver from Allegro MicroSystems Inc., Worcester, Mass., works for bipolar brushless dc motors at voltages down to 1.8 V. A single Hall-element sensor detects rotational ...

The home-appliance market is a large user of electric motors in both large systems (washers, dryers, refrigerators, HVAC, and dishwashers) and smaller units (mixers, vacuum cleaners, and fans). Many ...

The Flexline 3500 low-voltage motor control center delivers real-time operation and diagnostic data by integrating with smart motor control devices. The modular motor control center design is ...

Texas Instruments has announced its InstaSPIN-FOC (field-oriented control) motor control solution – a sensorless software-based solution built on its FAST (flux, angle, speed and torque) algorithm.

Microchip Technology Inc. has announced a new family of dsPIC digital signal controller (DSC)-based integrated motor drivers. These devices combine a dsPIC33 DSC, a three-phase MOSFET gate driver and ...

Targeting markets with UL-845, CSA or NOM requirements and applications where arc flash is a concern, ABB now offers a low-voltage motor control center including plug ...

Find a downloadable version of this story in pdf format at the end of the story. Take a look at a modern motor controller and one of the first things you'll notice is that the control circuit is about ...