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3D Printing, VR/AR, and Robotics in Frontier Tech Showdown

2 weeks ago

Rising Media, Inc. and Asimov Ventures have revealed the eight startups selected to complete in the upcoming Frontier Tech Showdown, which brings together top startups in 3D pringting, robotics, and...
92 mm Square Flange Mount Float Switch

1 month ago

The SH-7 Float Switch series are 92mm square flange mount float operated level switches. This design uses a pivoted float arm with a magnet on the inboard end. This magnet when moved by the rising...
Multi-Turn Magnetic Kit Encoders

1 month ago

POSITAL's new family of kit encoders provide the manufacturers of servomotors and other machinery with rugged, accurate and cost-efficient tools for building rotary position measurements into their...
Plug-In Miniature Power Relay

1 month ago

The AZ1651 is a miniature power relay with SPDT through 4PDT arrangement. It has high switching capacity and a typical electrical life of 100,000 operations at rated load and a mechanical life of...
High Mechanical Resistance Limit Switch

1 month ago

The PS31 Series are high quality limit switches that is perfectly suited for presence or absence, positioning and travel limit, and object passing or counting operations. The devices offer high...

Functional Safety Challenges to the Automotive Supply Chain

6 days ago

The electronic content in automobiles has increased steadily over the past few decades and shows no signs of slowing as many high-tech firms and OEMs race towards the development of fully autonomous...
Magnetic Encoder Design for Electrical Motor Driving

2 weeks ago

This article discusses a magnetic encoder intended for electrical motor driving employing ATS605LSG. It includes the advantages of magnetic encoder, guidelines for motor driving, general applications...
Piezoelectric Micropump Driver Reference Design

1 week ago

This application note describes the implementation of a basic driver circuit for driving a piezoelectric micropump with flow control in an example of fluid delivery. A piezoelectric micropump...
Magnet, Concentrator and Magnetic Shield Suppliers

2 months ago

This article describes magnet, concentrator and magnetic shield and lists a few suppliers recommended by Allegro's customers. There are several materials that magnets are made of including NdFeB...

Extending the Functionality for Low-Cost Motor Control Applications

This document describes the algorithm for running a sensorless Brushless DC (BLDC) motor using a six-step trapezoidal or 120° commutation. Each step, or sector, is equivalent to a 60° electrical and six...
Generator Interface Protection

This application note discusses about a generator controller design for circuit protection. The circuit protection solution can handle threats such as Power cross, ESD, EFT and current surges.
Space Vector Modulation of a 3-Phase BLDC Motor with the Z16FMC MCU

This application note demonstrates how Zilog’s Z16FMC MCU can implement efficient, cost-conscious vector modulation of a BLDC motor.