Engineers designing real-time control systems are constantly faced with the challenge of optimizing performance. These systems require minimal latency, where the time delay between sampling, ...

I like to think of engineers as doctors of the electronics world. Let me explain: Think about the last time an optometrist examined your “human sensors.” Did they prescribe glasses to compensate for ...

When it comes to process-control systems, reliability is crucial and failure can be costly or dangerous. A combination of good design practices, component selection, and testing can enhance ...

Examine a computer-controlled machine built in the last 20 years and you’ll note a common design practice. The machine’s real-time control functions, its vision system (if there is one), and its human ...

Urban water management systems are increasingly adopting real-time control strategies to address challenges such as flooding, sewer overflows, and water quality degradation. The integration of sensor ...

The new TMS320F28P55x series of C2000™ MCUs with an integrated edge artificial intelligence (AI) hardware accelerator enables smarter real-time control, with up to 99% fault detection accuracy. The ...

Members can download this article in PDF format. High-voltage systems serve applications ranging from renewable-energy generation to industrial motor control. Such systems require precise control to ...

Embedded control system design requires a cross-disciplinary development effort involving design, software, and test engineering staffs. Conventional embedded control system development involves the ...

Early concerns about Ethernet as an automation network included its lack of real-time capabilities. But several new approaches seek to overcome this limitation. One company making waves in the ...

Control systems integrators provide single-point responsibility for PLCs, SCADA, networks and cybersecurity, dramatically reducing troubleshooting time compared to fragmented multi-vendor approaches ...