Motor Drives, Robotics & Controls
March 2026
Extraordinary AI Performance from -40 to +85°C for Rugged Applications
congatec – the leading vendor of embedded and edge computing building blocks – is expanding its portfolio of Computer-on-Modules (COMs) with Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors to include variants for the extended industrial temperature range of -40 °C to +85 °C. With up to 180 TOPS of energy-efficient em
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Date:
03/31/2026
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Figure 1: Gate driver circuit diagram with a Bourns transformer
While gate driver-based converters deliver improved efficiency, speed and signal integrity, their high frequency switching features can produce elevated levels of conducted electromagnetic interference (EMI), posing challenges to electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and overall system reliability. To solve this
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Date:
03/29/2026
Infineon supports faster deployment of humanoid robots as the market accelerates, with solutions that help robots sense, move, act, and connect safely and securely.
Infineon Technologies AG announced the expansion of its collaboration with NVIDIA to advance system architectures for Physical AI, with a focus on humanoid robots. Building on the collaboration announced in August 2025, the companies intend to combine Infineon’s strengths in motor control, microcontrollers, po
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Date:
03/17/2026
High-Performance 50 ARMS Three-Phase BLDC Inverter Powered by eGaN
Efficient Power Conversion (EPC), the world leader in enhancement-mode gallium nitride (eGaN®) power devices, today announced the EPC91202 evaluation board, a complete three-phase BLDC motor drive inverter designed to accelerate development of high-efficiency motor drive applications in robotics, e-
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Date:
03/16/2026
STMicroelectronics Accelerates AI-Enhanced Motor Control with Machine-Learning Software Pack
STMicroelectronics has released motor-control software to simplify enhancing drives with AI for optimization and predictive maintenance, ready to load on the EVLSPIN32G4-ACT evaluation board and start exploring.
The FP-IND-MCAI1 function pack helps designers navigate the workflow and tools
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Date:
03/09/2026
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Figure 1: Example autonomous mobile robot (AMR) subsystems
Power supply blocks provide one of the most critical functionalities in electronics systems, as their behavior affects how the system will behave during the different modes of operation—power-up, power-down, steady-state operation, and in the event of failures—which is critical in achieving the safe state in
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Date:
03/01/2026
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