Cool New Products Newsletter for Engineers & Designers #29

Our experience shows that manufacturers looking to cut costs, create better products, and get to market faster need to move simulation upfront in their design process. Don’t be intimidated. Technology advances have democratized simulation, and tools now exist to serve the needs of non-specialists who need directional guidance or answers to basic questions.

In line with the environmental revolution, electric motor control is moving very quickly in the direction of higher efficiency for industrial motors and drives. In our technical article we are exploring the importance of the motor drive power supply, current sensing of the drive circuits, and using ultrasound for condition-based monitoring.

Rapidly improving battery technologies, capacities and cost as well as increasing tendency towards autonomous/driverless vehicles have created a clear trend towards increased power requirements for connectors in the automotive, transportation, defense, aerospace, robotics and motorsport industries.