Because elevators transport millions of people every day, operational safety is of prime importance. Have you ever thought about what happens when the mains supply to the elevator shuts down? Will the elevator drop down the hoist way, or get stuck somewhere...
In an industrial environment, parts of different shapes, size, material, and optical properties (reflectance, absorption, etc.) need to be handled every day. These parts have to be picked and placed in a specific orientation for processing, and the automation...
As the number of electric vehicles (EVs) increase, there is a growing need to create more energy-efficient charging infrastructure systems around the world that can charge vehicles faster than ever before. New EVs have higher ranges and larger battery...
Part 1 of this blog series gave an overview of the market opportunities for EtherCAT slave stack support on C2000™ microcontrollers (MCUs) and an introduction to a three-phased solution to jump...
After a busy week, cleaning is the last thing people want to do with their downtime. The vacuum robot, which has been around for about 23 years, is getting more intelligent and automatic, enabling consumers to focus on what’s really important.
...Thank you for following our company’s Motor Drive & Control blog. This week, we are refreshing the look and structure of the technical blogs on the TI E2E site to simplify how to find and select the relevant content for your interests. This week, we are changing the content category name from “blog” to “technical articles.” In addition, Motor Drive & Control is moving under the topic heading 'industrial' and you will…
Thank you for following our company’s Industrial Strength blog. This week, we are refreshing the look and structure of the technical blogs on the TI E2E site to simplify how to find and select the relevant content for your interests. This week, we are...
The demand for lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries has increased rapidly over the past few years, and that demand does not appear to be slowing down anytime soon. Booming industries like electric vehicles and grid infrastructure are leading the way in Li-ion...
In the current industrial landscape, there are multiple solutions and architectures available for a wide variety of motor drive, factory automation and high-power grid applications. Many of these offer solid...
When designing a power stage for motor control, you can drive down the total system cost if you make special considerations regarding efficiency. This includes optimizing the field-effect transistor, switch node and control algorithms. During design,...
Next-generation aerospace and defense and test and measurement system bandwidths are moving from 10s to 100s of megahertz to multigigahertz of instantaneous bandwidths...
What is the difference between security and functional safety?
At its core, the difference between security and functional safety can be summed up in one word – intent. Security protects against threats from malicious intent. Functional safety on the...
In a world quickly moving towards smart cities, factories and buildings, entrance systems cannot afford to lag behind. Entrance systems of the future, such as automated sliding doors, turnstiles and parking barriers will use sensor-driven solutions to...
C2000™ microcontrollers (MCUs) have been used to control motors in a huge variety of applications for over 25 years. These motors...
This post was co-authored with Lali Jayatilleke
In my last blog post, I discussed how TI’s millimeter-wave (mmWave) sensors provide intelligence at the edge for robotic arms in factories. Now, I’d like to discuss...
This post was co-authored with Lali Jayatilleke.
With logistics centers multiplying to keep up with the growth of online shopping, so are the numbers of wheeled robots which handle many of the strenuous tasks in those logistics centers. The next challenge...
Variable frequency drives (VFDs) are a key part of industrial automation machinery. They help drive pumps, fans, conveyor belts, computer numeric control machines and robotic automation solutions efficiently, helping...
According to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, two-thirds of the world’s population will live in cities by 2050. With a fast-growing trend toward urbanization, smart people-sensing technologies in buildings such as artificial...
To meet the increasing demands of industrial imaging and printing, manufacturing solutions must be able to produce complex, high-resolution 2D images with consistent quality at a very fast rate. DLP technology...
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