Today, R&D engineers face challenging time-to-market goals. Extending the product development schedule and delaying the product launch can prove to be extremely costly in terms of opportunity cost and lost market share. Nearly 50 % of products fail EMC compliance the first time.
Every day spent on debugging, isolating...
Published: Oct 06, 2020
Power converter and inverter designs for higher power levels are usually based on hard switching half bridge configurations. In such setups, users must pay particular attention to proper switching operations to prevent shoot-through events.
Setting up complex real-time trigger conditions using the R&S®RTE...
Published: Oct 14, 2020
Vector Network Analyzers of Rohde&Schwarz family are able to measure magnitude and phase of complex S-parameters of a device under test (DUT) in the frequency domain. By means of the inverse Fourier transform the measurement results can be transformed to the time domain. Thus, the impulse or step response of the DUT...
Published: Sep 23, 2019
Radar warning equipment is installed in all types of airborne platforms such as airplanes, helicopters, etc., and in naval or ground based platforms. This equipment protects the platforms and all personnel operating the platform such as pilots, naval staff, etc.
The purpose of the radar warning equipment is...
Published: Oct 07, 2020
This article describes best practices for new designs of PROFIBUS DP nodes, and covers bus node isolation, PROFIBUS compliance, and bus signal polarity. It includes a review of a new family of PROFIBUS International recognized isolated transceivers, whose isolation technology is based on Giant Magneto Resistance (GMR)....
Published: Jul 17, 2018
Field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) have gained much attention and widespread application in the end market. This document outlines the requirements for FPGA power supply and related issues.
It will also discuss the latest digital power module from Renesas, which can be used as a power supply solution for FPGA...
Published: Jul 17, 2018
This paper discusses the usage of common sensor types and how sensors can be effectively combined in a complementary fashion. It introduces the state-ofthe-art InvenSense™ MotionProcessing™ technology through the integration of gyros from InvenSense and a reference design that enables developers to create advanced...
Published: Jul 19, 2018
Macro-scale energy harvesting technologies in the form of windmills, watermills and passive solar power systems have been around for centuries. Now, as designers seek to cut the cords, they turn to microenergy harvesting systems that can scavenge milliwatts from solar, vibrational, thermal and biological sources.
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Published: Jul 23, 2018
Most organizations do not consider production test a top priority, but it is a necessity to prevent major quality issues in the products that represent the company brand in the hands of customers.The costs, however, can be significant and are often greatly misunderstood, especially when there’s no...
Published: Feb 19, 2020
Advanced modeling techniques centric to motor and power stage dynamics can yield significant gains in motor control efficiency, assuring precise control that adapts to fluctuations in system behavior in real time.
Through the application of sensorless vector control, designers can enhance the performance and lower...
Published: Jul 23, 2018
Safety, availability, and cost considerations can make performing thorough tests of embedded control devices
using the complete system impractical.
Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation is a real-time test technique used to test these devices more efficiently.
During HIL test, the physical system that interfaces...
Published: May 01, 2019
As with most engineering activities, choosing the right tool may have serious implications on the measurement results. The information below may help the readers make the proper accelerometer selection. The paper starts with the basic classifications and their technologies.
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Published: Jul 18, 2018
To help prevent injuries and increase productivity for end users, machine builders are incorporating safety into the design of metal forming and bending machines. Safer machines make operators more confident and faster in their work; safer machines dramatically reduce the number of injuries, which saves companies time...
Published: Jul 17, 2018
Advances in semiconductor technologies from efficient power semiconductors to advanced sensor systems, has lead to the development of intelligent and safe robots. The next evolution of robotics will lead us into era with more autonomous robots and artificial intelligence (AI).
This document exposes ideas on how to...
Published: Jul 16, 2018