Other Parts Discussed in Post: ADS127L11, AM2434, DP83TD510EFactory production lines, manufacturing robots (see Figure 1) and wind turbines can unexpectedly break down due to hardware failures that are very expensive to repair. Some of these failures...

When riding in an elevator, I’m sure you expect a smooth and safe ride from one floor to the next. In an elevator drive, precise motion control enables the elevator to stop at specified positions and to slow down to a full stop smoothly. A lack...

Other Parts Discussed in Post: DP83826EImagine a robot arm bending and turning, each of its axes equipped with beautifully precise motor drives, sensors and perhaps machine vision – a symphony of movement. But if the conductor wasn’t ther...

Other Parts Discussed in Post: AWRL6432, IWRL6432Radar-based sensor ICs are becoming a popular sensing technology due to their long-range capabilities, high-motion sensitivity, and privacy capabilities. With their high accuracy, radar sensors are wid...

Other Parts Discussed in Post: TMS320F2800137Increasingly, businesses and individuals are looking for ways to reduce their energy footprint and increase the use of renewable sources. Where should we focus to make the biggest impact? Over 65% of globa...

The growing market trend for electrification and the expansion of the electric vehicle industry present new challenges to the battery formation and test market, which remains the biggest bottleneck for the mass production of lithium-ion batteries. In response, design engineers are looking for ways to increase the channel density of test equipment, improve overall system efficiency, and decrease system cost. One such…

(Originally published in 2019 by Sree Alvarado) One of the more exciting aspects of the emerging new space market is the launch of high-volume low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellites that are small and economically feasible, but also radiation-tolerant and...

Other Parts Discussed in Post: TEST, LMP91000, OPA391, DDC112, OPA392, TINA-TI, CC2640Designing signal chains for portable diagnostics There are various applications for portable diagnostic systems, including the detection of COVID-19, the flu, respi...

Other Parts Discussed in Post: AM6442, AM2434Factory automation equipment – sensors, actuators, drives and programmable logic controllers (PLCs) – supports industrial Ethernet protocols such as EtherCAT, Profinet, EtherNet Industrial Prot...

(Note: A version of this article first appeared in Electronic Design.) The electric vehicle (EV) charging industry is growing fast, given commitments from car manufacturers worldwide to sell only EVs in the future, and assistance from governments to ...

Other Parts Discussed in Post: TMS320F280039C With the usage of servers and data centers growing globally, the need for stable and efficient power supplies has become an essential part of supporting the rise in power consumption. The utilization of p...

Other Parts Discussed in Post: LMG3422R030, LM25184It’s no secret that industrial and collaborative robots require high power density with excellent thermal performance. Because robotic systems are moving from a centralized to a decentralized a...

Other Parts Discussed in Post: MSP430FR2355, MSP430FR2675, DRV8428, MSP430FR2155, DRV8837CBuilding automation systems control many functions that improve worker comfort and security in industrial and commercial environments. These functions can becom...

Other Parts Discussed in Post: OPA188, ADS131M02Test and measurement applications like battery test, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and semiconductor test require accurate current- and voltage-output DC power supplies. The current and voltage...

Other Parts Discussed in Post: DP83TD510E The surveillance infrastructure is steadily increasing across industries, offices and residential buildings to help maximize security. Over the last decade, camera technology has undergone significant technol...

(Note: A version of this article first appeared in Machine Design.)

The wearable patient monitor market is growing fast. Remote patient-monitoring equipment provides a glimpse into the future of the Internet of Things in health care by enabling physicians...

Because satellites on space missions are inaccessible once launched, acquiring accurate telemetry data to monitor the state of health of the satellite sub-systems can help set a baseline to indicate a working system, while fluctuations can indicate ...

Other Parts Discussed in Post: DAC53701Sanjay Pithadia co-authored this article. In our previous post, we talked about medical alarms and their compliance requirements. Now, let’s talk about the design inputs and existing implementation method...

If you are new to radar or interested in replacing your existing sensing technology with radar, there can be a significant learning curve to both designing your product and ramping to production. In order to lower this barrier, Texas Instruments created...

By measuring changes in infrared and red light absorption in oxygenated or deoxygenated blood, a pulse oximeter clipped to a finger noninvasively monitors a person’s heart rate and blood oxygen saturation...

With lithium-ion batteries found in both small electronic devices and much larger applications such as electric vehicles and electricity grids, they naturally span a wide range of sizes, voltages and form factors...

Health care continues to evolve toward self-treatment and away from in-person appointments. In addition to helping reduce physical contact, new technologies have given the general population unprecedented access to health care tools for self-monitoring...

When designing reliable servo drive control modules, both precision and protection are critical for ensuring reliable operation. Underestimating the importance of these features in the design process could...

Remember when science fiction movies would have a scene showing a fully automated factory managed by artificial intelligence? Such factories exist now!

An autonomous factory relies on real-time communication between...

Sanjay Pithadia co-authored this technical article. If you have ever heard the not-so-melodic alarm of a patient monitor in an intensive care unit (ICU) or even on a TV show or movie set in a hospital, you might remember that these alarms have partic...