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Issue date: November 8, 2004


Features
Shooting Stars
Design team optimizes valve response time for paintball gun
Paul Teague
AC Drives Stay Vital for the 21st Century
Physical size and weight provide the most visible evidence of the evolution of ac variable-frequency drives (VFDs) in the past 50 years. But, what's under the skin is even more dramatic for the performance, efficiency, and reliability now delivered by these motor controls. Making it all happen were advances in power-switching transistors, microprocessors, other hardware, plus software functions...
Frank J. Bartos
Departments

Ask
Ask The Search Engineer


BMOC
Able Scholars


Buzz
DVT: An Upside-Down Corporate Hierarchy

Racers Edge

Sky-High precision


Expo
Electronics

Fluid Power

Motion Control/Power Transmission

Software/Hardware


Featured Product
Compact Module Links Older Equipment to Wireless Networks


Mail
Readers Sound Off
Columns

Calamities
The Case of the Gallivanting Gyros


Designers Corner
Lightweight tire pressure sensor withstands heavy spinloads


Gadget Freak
Carl Specialized in Java Apps


Innovative Ideas
Automation Adapts to Change

NI LabVIEW, PACs Deliver Advanced Machine Control, Reliability


My View
Red Sox, TiVO, and a Remote


Rant
Bells and Whistles


Slant
Bring Suppliers Into the Game Early


Web Log
One-Minute Searches


Engineering News

Bluetooth Single-Chip Solution

High-Density Rectifier

Saving Private Data

Smooth Sailing

Zener Arrays

Data at Your Fingertips

Industry Alliance

Trade Reports

Valve Module Controls Conveyors Without a Central Computer

Custom enclosures

Industry Special Effects Group

Pretty parts

Wood: Newest Electronic-Enclosure Material

Automation Services Up

Conveyor Catalog

Good Vibrations

Micro Motor Locks Up Reliability

3D Grows; Here is Why

A Vote for Software-Based Design

Be All You Can Be

Get Certified

Optimizing as One

This Tool is Good for Manufacturing, Too

Academia Slams Visa Policies

Will Packagers Line Up for Motors?

Put Trust on Paper


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