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Simple but powerful projects inspire young engineers
Through sponsorship of designers across the globe, RS Components aims to inspire the next generation of engineers and designers, using simple ideas to illustrate wide-reaching capabilities.To inspire R&D engineers, students and young engineers about the great things that can be done with individual components and technologies available from RS, the company is sponsoring designers across the globe with some interesting and very cool projects.
Interface reference design for absolute encoders
This video from Texas Instruments explains TI’s high EMC immunity RS-485 interface reference design for absolute encoders, also known as TIDA-01401.
High precision on display with sushi at SPS Drives
If you are looking to improve the accuracy and efficiency of applications within the aerospace, medical and automotive sectors, then the experts from high precision gearing manufacturer Harmonic Drive AG are who you want to see at this year’s SPS IPC Drives show in Nuremberg.Harmonic Drive AG will be launching its FHA-C Mini Servo Actuators with Absolute MZE encoder at stand 119 in hall four, from 28th-30th November 2017.
Pan and tilt cameras have better than ever tracking abilities
CCTV pan and tilt drives are required to be faster, quieter, smaller, smoother and even more accurate than ever; however security operators also need them to be easy to set up and run. Additionally with all this, they insist that costs continue to come down, so how do you achieve all these elements? Gerard Bush of INMOCO explores how today’s high performance off-the-shelf motion products can quickly bring sophisticated systems to market and...
Electric drives - easy to select, easy to connect, easy to configure
Warren Harvard, Product Manager for Electric Drives at Festo, discusses the challenges facing machine builders and what can be done to improve the easier selection, connection and configuration of electric drives solutions.
Sensors for the IoT age
Cliff Ortmeyer, Global Head of Solutions Development and Technical Marketing, Farnell element14, highlights the importance of choosing the right sensor.
EVERLIGHT exhibits LEDs at CEATEC
EVERLIGHT ELECTRONICSwill attend CEATEC for the first time to demonstrate the advantages of diversified product offerings including opto interruptors, couplers, transmitting/receiving components (IR, PD/PT), automotive and lighting components, applied for multi-function printers, touch screens, eye tracking, automotive ambient lighting and lighting applications.
What are the biggest challenges facing machine builders?
In this article, Warren Harvard, Product Manager for Electric Drives at Festo, discusses the challenges facing machine builders and what can be done to improve the easier selection, connection and configuration of electric drives solutions.For special purpose machine builders, being able to specify a solution quickly and easily with total confidence in the performance is key to winning business in an efficient manner.
Multi-axis robotic controller designed for hexapods systems
Aerotech has introduced the new HEX RC, which is a 6-axis motion controller suitable for controlling robotic systems like hexapods. The HEX RC is 4U rack-mountable and compatible with the Automation 3200 (A3200) motion platform.
High torque mini motor comes in a compact package
The new 16DCT motor has been introduced by Portescap to its high torque DCT range of Athlonix motors. The 16DCT motor can deliver continuous torque up to 5.24mNm at a length of only 26mm.The 16DCT utilises powerful Neodymium magnets and Portescap's proven energy efficient coreless design.