Solutions for Functional Safety in an industrial automation application environment

This article deals with the increasing importance of Functional Safety (FuSa) and the resulting requirements especially in the industrial automation application field, with a focus on motion control applications. Product…

How to Make Embedded System Design More Resilient in the Face of Supply Chain Disruption

Figure 1: The dimensions of the 4 standard OSM form factors (Source: iWave) Manufacturers of embedded systems have long known about the benefits and trade-offs of basing designs either on…

How MCU Users Can Benefit from Exploring the Scope to Use a Low-End FPGA

Figure 1: An FPGA provides a highly programmable hardware fabric. In the early years of the field-programmable gate array (FPGA) in the 1980s, the limitations of semiconductor technology meant that…

New PLECS model generator dramatically accelerates power-system simulation

Accurate system-level simulation of complex power electronics systems is essential if engineers are to realize a right-first-time design that meets the application’s requirements. Until now, SPICE modeling has been the…

The four factors to consider when selecting components for an EV charging station’s auxiliary power supply with CUI Inc

A combination of changing consumer preferences and strong government action is producing astonishing growth in the number of electric vehicles (EVs) on the road. In Europe, 151,573 new EVs were…

New partnership with Paxton opens up rapid access to product and compliance testing services at Brighton EMC.

Access to lab space at trusted providers of product and compliance testing services is scarce. Product manufacturers are often faced with waiting three or more months for a slot at…