2022-05-11 - Texas Instruments Inc.

TI’s solid-state relays tout industry-leading reliability

TI's new portfolio of solid-state relays can help make EVs safer while reducing solution size up to 90% and cost by as much as 50%.

2022-04-25 - Pete Millett

Why microstepping in stepper motors isn’t as good as you think

When designing a motion control system using stepper motors, do not assume that the holding torque of motor still applies when microstepping.

2022-01-20 - Bill Schweber

After all these years, brushed motors still alive and kicking

Despite the ascendance of brushless and stepper motors, the classic brushed DC motor is still viable for many cutting-edge applications.

2020-10-14 - Chang Fei Yee

Study of fiber weave effect on PCB with 3DEM modelling

This article studies the fiber weave effect on PCB in terms of mode conversion and differential insertion loss due to the disparity of propagation delay and characteristic impedance in single ended mode...

2020-10-06 - Bill Schweber

Reed relays switch to new designs, applications

Ancient electromechanical components still have an irreplaceable role...

2020-08-10 - Nitin Dahad

Adaptive listening sensor ‘learns’ background noise

Piezoelectric MEMS technology company Vesper has announced its next generation microphone based on a listening sensor which ‘learns’ from background noise...

2020-07-13 - Andrew Dereka

Keeping cool with thermoelectric cooler assemblies

With the ability to heat and cool, thermoelectric cooler assemblies deliver precise temperature control in a compact size, while their solid-state construction delivers high reliability for years of service with little or no degradation in performance and enables installation in any direction...

2020-05-13 - Bill Schweber

Terahertz waves and acoustic modulation: A datalink “Odd Couple”?

Researchers have mixed two radically different forms of energy waves, using laser-generated acoustic pulses to modulate terahertz waves generated by another laser...

2020-05-08 - Tim Dhuyvetter

Improving haptic feedback with piezoelectric transducers

Introduction to piezoelectric haptics provides the pros and cons of each and details piezoelectric transducer principles, theory, and modelling along with a proprietary energy recovery process that greatly reduces input power requirements...

2017-01-02 - R. Cittadini, F. Poulin

Microphone amplifier for your PDAs

TS97x family is available in thin and compact packages for use in PDA or cellular phones as well as in thin notebook computers.