If you follow the world of small microcontrollers you will certainly be familiar with the usual fare of Atmel, ARM Cortex, PIC, and others. But these aren’t the smallest or cheapest devices, below ...

Electric motors consume almost half of the electricity produced worldwide. They, in fact, provide the necessary driving force for much of today’s equipment. Motors, pumps, and fans are present in an ...

Vector Control, also known as Field Oriented Control or FOC is an AC motor control scheme that enables fine-grained control over a connected motor, through the precise control of its phases. In a ...

Over three decades ago, real-time software was predominantly written in assembly language or a combination of assembly and the C programming language. Even today, certain digital signal processing ...

Manufacturers face rising production demands, volatile energy costs and increasing pressure for operational visibility, while needing to adapt quickly to new processes and sustainability goals.

I have yet to see an across-the-board marketing initiative by IC makers to promote a fully integrated design approach to building motor-control systems. But if history is any indication, it's a fair ...