Successful designers will understand the key role played by receiver ICs, encoder signal cabling, terminations, and pc-board layout. Today's demanding industrial applications require rugged, reliable ...

Keeping the basics in mind for design, a new infographic lays out the complexity of motion control in a simple visual. Motion Control is a sub-field of automation encompassing the systems or ...

Adaptive, real-time control in a high-mix, temperature-sensitive environment - this was the challenge faced by Rutland Plastics in automating the insertion of M8 brass inserts into plastic assemblies ...

Are the drives that run rotary motors capable of driving linear motors? Depends on the application. Some requirements for motor speed and accuracy make demands that the average drive can't meet. But ...

Motion control has come a heck of a long way since the days of clumsy virtual reality headsets. In fact, we seem to be edging ever closer to that scene in Minority Report where Tom Cruise flicks a ...