Motor Drives, Robotics & Controls

January 2023

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Figure 1: Typical Isat and Irms Ratings

Don’t Overlook These Keys to Optimized Converter Performance

Len Crane, Senior Technologist, Coilcraft

Inductors function as circuit elements by reaction to current flow in the windings. Inductors are fundamentally current-driven devices, and anyone who has designed a dc-dc converter knows power inductor datasheets are covered with Irms and Isat current ratings. Picking a power inductor is all about current ratin

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Date:

01/31/2023

A cooperation that bears fruit: Organifarms and Würth Elektronik presented their cooperation to a tech-savvy audience for the first time at DLD Munich 23.

Würth Elektronik Enables Organifarms' BERRY Robot to Harvest 24/7 Throughout the Year

Thanks to an LED board from Würth Elektronik, the BERRY harvesting robot from Organifarms – the German AgriTech startup – detects the level of ripeness of strawberries, even under the difficult lighting conditions in an indoor farm or a greenhouse. The cooperation was first presented at the Digital Life De

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Date:

01/20/2023

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Figure 1. Next generation power sensing technology is essential for tomorrow’s transportation vehicles, related charging infrastructure and industrial motors & equipment

Empowering Advanced Motorized Applications with Optimal Current Sensing

Teoman Ustun, VP Automotive Business Unit, ACEINNA

The growth of power and functionality in the latest electronic systems, especially motorized products, has resulted in increasing demands for more efficiency, precision, reliability, and safety. The need for precise power and motion control in these next-generation products put pressure on the electronic design en

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Date:

01/01/2023