For the PDF version of this article, click here. More than 80% of the motors bought each year continue to be low-cost single-phase ac motors. Because these motors are not very efficient when ...

Industrial control systems can be categorized in two types: open-loop and closed-loop systems. The open-loop control system is a continuous control system that provides no feedback from its output.

Every plant in the process industry most likely has several control loops that do not perform well. Although there are many factors that may negatively affect control loop performance, a few of these ...

This MultiMotor Series application note investigates the closed- and open-loop control of a 3-phase brushless direct current (BLDC) motor using a Z32F128 ARM Cortex M3 MCU. Zilog’s ZNEO32! Family of ...