While switch manufacturers play a large role in a device's reliability, the environmental conditions the switch will be exposed to is another significant factor that should…
Software quality must be built into the software from the very beginning. Quality cannot be added near production through rigorous testing but must be on the development teams' minds throughout…
Antenna selection is one of the most critical, yet confusing parts of designing a wireless system. This paper provides guidelines for antenna selection, alignment, and placement. It will explore antenna…
Bringing efficiency, cost, and volume together is a major balancing act, and getting the right percentage is essential.
As end applications demand more and more processing power, increased bandwidth, and more…
Lime, Green and Purple LEDs from Lumileds have shown to produce high red lettuce yields while raising the concentrations of essential nutrients that contribute to human health.
LEDs are rapidly becoming…
Stepper motors are generally driven in open loop mode. The controller defines timing of the pulses sent to the driver. The motor must be strong enough to move the load…
Typical rotating media is perceived to be among the most significant causes of machine downtime in industrial applications. The ubiquity of relatively inexpensive NAND-based flash memory has led to the…
Power design in data centers is getting substantial attention—particularly by facilities and engineering personnel—as organizations pursue constant improvements in reliability and energy efficiency.
At the same time, however, many IT professionals…
Utilizing high quality pressure, load, and torque sensors, and selecting the correct design and installation for the application are critical to ensuring data integrity for the measurement system. To be…
Most often capacitor selection to the uninformed seems
like a simple choice but the demands, challenges and
expectations of modern electronics prove otherwise. As
more electronic systems continue to be integrated into
our automobiles,…
Every electronic system needs a timing device. And crystal (XTAL) resonators are often the go-to solution. However, oscillators, which pair a resonator with an oscillator IC into one complete integrated…
Virtium TuffDrive Parallel ATA (PATA) solid state drives (SSDs) are direct replacements for legacy PATA hard disk drives (HDDs) found in industrial embedded designs, as well as, laptops and desktop…