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 ...

IRVING, TEXAS — The Alternistor Quadrac series from Teccor is a triac and a 33- to 43-volt diac trigger mounted in the same package, eliminating the need for snubber networks. “The series is for ac ...

Enabling direct trigger via an MCU, the BCR8LM-14LK high-commutation triac specifies an RMS on-state current of 8A and a repetitive peak off-voltage (VDRM) of 700V. Enabling direct trigger via an MCU, ...

Microchip, the 8-bit microcontroller supremo, believes even quite sophisticated motor control can implemented with an 8-bit microcontroller. The firm is questioning the assumption that high end motor ...

Microchip is questioning the assumption that high end motor control requires the performance of a 32-bit ARM microcontroller or indeed its own 32bit MIPS-based MCUs. “We refuse to commoditise the ...