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Category Archives: Motors & Controls

The power industry is ready to save the world

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

By Paul O’Shea Okay, maybe it’s not quite that amazing but the industry has already saved 50,000 TW/h over the last 20 years and will continue to save more. The plenary speaker at this year’s APEC show in Long Beach, CA was Dr.Jayant Baliga from NC State University and he talked about “The role of [...]

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Keeping It Cool

Monday, September 17, 2012

You are a secret agent with the latest in gadgetry; superbly handy weapons and an array of fashionably handsome disguises. Your counterpart and nemesis, Doctor Mayhembert, the most insidious villain on the face of this planet, has decided to plunder our society with an obscure rationale which calls for immediate action. After jumping from your [...]

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A Battle Between Two Giants

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

If you are building a CNC machine, and what an excellent project to pursue that is, chances are you will soon be looking into which electronics your new creation will contain. On any given CNC machine, “the electronics” portion of the project has to do with elements such as the power supply, a breakout board [...]

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PCIM Nuremberg

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Just so we all know, PCIM stands for power conversion intelligent motion. It is one of the hot trade shows in electronics and offers engineers the chance to catch up on power electronics, intelligent motion, renewable energy, and energy management. The show has shown steady progress over the past few years. For example, last year [...]

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ANSI reports on standards needed to support EVs in the U.S.

Thursday, August 18, 2011

  The American National Standards Institute (ANSI), has submitted to the U.S. Department of Energy a report outlining priority areas where standards and conformance activities are needed to facilitate the safe, effective, and large-scale deployment of electric drive vehicles (EDV) in the United States. The report details findings from the April 5-6 ANSI Workshop, Standards [...]

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Samsung Galaxy Tab design win sets Atmel stock skyward

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

It’s very hard to predict the future of stocks, however if anyone doubted the importance of a key design win, look no further than Atmel’s stock over the past six months. I was looking over Atmel’s recent announcements and decided to check on their stock as it’s shown right next to the presss releases and had [...]

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Popping corn: a practical use for Twitter

Thursday, August 12, 2010

A unique application for Twitter was demonstrated at the NIWeek conference in Austin, TX, last week. The app — created by Dave Britt, Lead Java Developer and Associate Director at USB Financial Services, Information Services Division / Mutual Funds Systems, and Justin Goeres, senior engineer and product marketing manager at James Kring, Inc. (JKI) and [...]

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