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Conservation of Energy
MTF_Walker
I’m a firm believer in the conservation of energy, especially my own, so the topic of this post is how we can use some of the features in LTspice to make…
- 2 May 2023
Engage with EZ Blogs and Expand Your Knowledge
emassa
Spring is a season of growth and renewal. Starting today, May 1st, we will launch six new badges centered around learning and growing your knowledge. EZ…
- 1 May 2023
Intruders, Forget The Dog – Instead Beware PTZ Security Cameras Using Trinamic Motor Control
MichaelJackson
By Brian Kostecka and Michael Jackson The rhythmic, sweeping motion of legacy pant-tilt-zoom (PTZ) security cameras (Figure 1) meant they weren’t foolproof…
- 26 Apr 2023
Building a Monopulse Signal Tracker with ADALM-PLUTO
Jon.Kraft
This will be the last post in this blog series! Not because we’ve run out of things to do with our Pluto Beamformer, but instead it’s because we have an…
- 26 Apr 2023
Learning About Encoders Doesn’t Have to Get Your Head in a Spin
MichaelJackson
By Richard Anslow and Michael Jackson It is estimated that motors consume approximately 50% of the electricity generated globally, making them an obvious…
- 25 Apr 2023
Overcoming Security Challenges in Implementation of Next Generation 10BASE-T1L Field Instrument Design
ctremlet
by Christophe Tremlet As highlighted in this article, 10BASE-T1L opens a new era for field instrument connectivity. Process plants are being modernized…
- 25 Apr 2023
How IO-Link Put The ‘Smart’ In Smart Factory
bcondell
By Brian Condell and Michael Jackson IO-Link® has the potential to make almost any factory sensor or actuator “smart”, allowing it to communicate and share…
- 19 Apr 2023
How to Turn Pluto into a Phased Array Beamformer
Jon.Kraft
Ok, we're making our way through understanding and building our own phased array beamformer. In the last post, we got it set up and we were able to…
- 12 Apr 2023
Thoughts on Communications Networks Implemented Using the White Channel Principal
Tom-M
It is very hard to envisage a functional safety system without a communications network of some sort. You would therefore expect that the available guidance…
- 11 Apr 2023
How to Boost User Satisfaction of High-Power Parallel Battery Packs with USB-C
KyleJohnson
Intro USB-C ports are becoming the standard for consumer devices as they have a lot more flexibility than previous USB ports. Amongst these devices, higher…
- 5 Apr 2023
Should I Believe the Data Sheet?
MTF_Walker
In my previous post, I asked the question, “What is the true value of LTspice®?” The straightforward answer was, “Insight,” and I shared an example where…
- 4 Apr 2023
Understanding Public Key Infrastructures
StephaneDiVito
In the previous blog, we learned the use of Public Key Certificates. A certificate securely binds an identifier with a public key. When a computer is requesting…
- 29 Mar 2023