Motor Drives, Robotics & Controls

July 2014

Call for papers now open for PCIM Europe 2015

Papers on power electronics and their applications are welcomed at the Call for Papers for the PCIM Europe 2015 Conference, which is now open. The submission deadline is 15 October 2014. PCIM Europe is one of the most leading events combining a user-oriented international conference and exhibition in the fi

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07/30/2014

BEI High Torque Density Brushless DC Motor

BEI Kimco's latest DC motors boost battery life with operational efficiencies over 90%

Electrically powered unmanned aerial vehicles, remotely operated vehicles and autonomous vehicles offer a number of advantages over conventional fossil fuel, including reduced carbon footprint, noise, and emissions. As a result, the number of electric vehicles (EVs) is growing in industries ranging from military an

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07/28/2014

Empowering robotized automotive production line control

Scott Ludwig, Account Manager Progea

In robotized production lines, where overall efficiency control is absolutely crucial in ensuring that right product is produced not only in great quantities but also with tip-top quality at a fast rate, it is very important to have optimal control of running complex plant systems, where raw materials straight fr

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07/27/2014

Trends in Automotive Power Electronics

Nitesh Satheesh, Akio Kitamura, and Akira Nishiura, Fuji Electric

Thomas Parker built the first production electric car in London in the late 1800’s. Electric cars were very popular in the early 1900’s but this did not last very long thanks to infrastructure and technological developments (Due to better roads, cars were now required to go longer distances and gasoline en

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07/25/2014

Considering power inverters in demanding applications

Aengus Murray and Bob Zwicker, Analog Devices

Concerns over climate changes due to carbon emissions have resulted in the increasing application of power electronic inverters in both renewable energy applications and in energy efficient motor drives. Safe and reliable operation of these systems requires that the power electronic circuits connected di

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07/25/2014

PCIM South America to show trends for power electronics in Brazil

The PCIM South America 2014 international conference and exhibition for power electronics, intelligent motion, renewable energy and energy management will take place on the 14th and 15th of October in Sao Paulo. The focus is on technology trends for power electronic components and systems and the special requirements fo

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07/23/2014

PCIM Europe 2014 analysis finds satisfied visitors

The analysis of the PCIM Europe 2014 has confirmed the high quality of the event with satisfied exhibitors and trade visitors. On the three days of the exhibition, a total of 8,006 trade visitors (40% international) took the opportunity to inform themselves about power electronics. Thanks to the exhibitor variety an

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07/22/2014

Thyristor stack controller from Sprint Electric used in a hot rolling mill

Thyristor stack controllers suit easy retrofitting

Sprint Electric presents an external thyristor stack controller called the PLXD. Thyristor stack controllers are ideal for controlling DC 6 pulse or 12 pulse, 2 Quadrant or 4 Quadrant thyristor power stacks. A thyristor stack controller is used together with an external thyristor power stack when a modular drive is

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07/14/2014

Renesas Electronics Europe's latest inverter kits can spin permanent-magnet AC motors in less than a minute

Renesas Electronics Europe, a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced two motor control reference platforms designed to drive any 3-phase permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSM), also called Brushless AC motors. They enable engineers to reduce or even eliminate the time they would no

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07/08/2014

AEDR-87xx 3-channel reflective optical encoder devices

Avago Technologies' reflective optical encoders suit low power systems

Avago Technologies, a leading supplier of analog interface components for wireless, wireline, and industrial applications, today announced a series of 3-channel reflective optical encoder devices, the AEDR-87xx. The devices are ideal for use in low power miniaturized motion control systems such as stepper mo

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07/07/2014

Protecting small autonomous robots

By Barry Brents, TE Connectivity

In recent years the development of information technology, artificial intelligence, sensor techniques and mobile-robot technology has led to intelligent systems being applied to smaller household appliances. One of the most representative products of this trend is the robot vacuum. Since the launch of the very fi

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07/05/2014

The HDO8000 is ideal for high-power three-phase power electronics system analysis

Teledyne LeCroy's latest 8-Channel 12-bit 1GHz-bandwidth oscilloscope offers HD4096 technology

Teledyne LeCroy announced the HDO8000 oscilloscope product line with 8 analog input channels, 12-bits of vertical resolution utilizing Teledyne LeCroy’s HD4096 technology, and up to 1 GHz of bandwidth. The HDO8000 oscilloscopes have maximum performance, going further (8 channels), with finer resolution (12-bits) an

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07/04/2014

TMCM-1043-KIT development system

TRINAMIC's development kit for popular stepper motors touts intuitiveness

TRINAMIC Motion Control, a leading global developer of motor and motion control technologies, announced immediate availability of the TMCM-1043-KIT development system. Designed for Trinamic’s highly integrated, NEMA 17-compatible TMCM-1043 stepDancer™ stepper motor module, the new development kit offers de

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07/02/2014