Mechatronics, Industrial Control & Instrumentation

The General Principle of using a Servo Motor for Position Control

Servo motors are typically employed in closed-loop position control; for example let us consider the following application, where the angular…

1 year ago

ZigBee Wireless Protocol for Industrial Communication

ZigBee is an open wireless standard for low-rate networks. It is an IEEE standard 802.15.4 protocol. The physical layer radio…

1 year ago

How Modbus is used in Industrial Networks

Modbus is an open standardized communication protocol that was founded by Modicon. Initially it was designed for the communication among…

1 year ago

Features of a Serial Interface

In a serial interface, the data is sent 1 bit after the other on a single wire. Serial data is…

1 year ago

Designing a System to Measure & Display a Shaft Rotation Speed

We would like to design a system to measure and display the rotational speed of a shaft. To accomplish this,…

1 year ago

What is a Microsyn Transducer?

This is a variable-reluctance transducer used to detect small motions, giving output signals as low as 0.01° of changes in…

1 year ago

Basic Features of Sercos Automation Bus

Sercos is a short form for serial real-time communication system; a digital automation bus that interconnects motion controls, drives, I/O,…

1 year ago

Null vs. Deflection Type Instruments

Null Instrument The null technique is one of the operational modes for a measuring instrument. A null instrument employs the…

2 years ago

Analog vs. Digital Sensors

Analog Sensors Analog sensors provide a signal that is continuous in both its magnitude and its temporal (time) or spatial…

2 years ago

Variable Capacitance Sensors

Several mechanical input sensors, as well as some sensors which measure humidity or temperature, operate by the transduced quantity causing…

2 years ago