Components

Updated Facts On 2015 HCFC-225 Usage Ban
Beginning January 1, 2015, HCFC-225 (also called “AK225”), a common precision solvent for high-end...

LCD Switches Ease Designers' Woes
Designing a user friendly control panel can be a daunting task. As technology continues to advance, designers...

Top 5 Applications for Inductive Sensors on Packaging Machines
Amid the multitude of advanced technologies being integrated into automated packaging operations today,...

Pierce-Gate Crystal Oscillator, an introduction
The most common gate oscillator in use today is by far the Pierce-Gate. Its popularity stems from the...

The Risk Assessment Process
When undertaking machine safety activities, it is always important to have a clearly structured process...

Understanding forced air cooling in power supplies
All power supplies generate waste heat which has to be dissipated. The heating effect becomes greater...

RF AND MW CONTROL PRODUCTS IN SILICON
Analog Devices' new RF and microwave (MW) switch and attenuator products implemented in advanced silicon...

Input Systems: Intuitive use makes all the difference
Machines simplify our everyday life in many different ways. But for this to work smoothly and for the...

Functional Safety for Machine Controls
When implementing technical protective measures (also referred to as “safeguards”) from the hierarchy...

ENHANCED BOILING HEAT TRANSFER BY SUBMERGED ULTRASONIC VIBRATIONS
This paper describes a new two-phase cooling heat transfer cell based on a submerged vibration-induced...

Battery Holder Design and Testing, ANSI, EIA, UL
For testing new designs of battery holders, MPD fabricated min-max sized battery slugs. The slugs proved...

Basics of Dual Fractional-N Synthesizers/PLLs
Over the years, a number of methods have been proposed to realize fractional-N frequency synthesis that...
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