With fully interactive products now the norm, mechanical-control circuitry has emerged as an integral part of embedded-system design. Although designers have since the early days of electronics used ...

An expert in micromechatronic systems, Tai-Ran Hsu explains the components of micromechatronic systems and those of mechatronic systems and design considerations. What is micromechatronics? A ...

What does a mechanical engineer need to know about control theory? More than he did ten years ago. The same is true for electrical engineers and their understanding of mechanical dynamics. More and ...

I am primarily targeting analog novices in this upcoming tutorial series because I see a great many designers in our industry who have expertise in the more digital, processor and software side of ...

To improve the design of consumer goods and industrial motion setups, engineers have embraced mechatronics — but have had to develop techniques to deliver on its promises of flexibility and ...

As field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) continue to drop in price while adding significant capability, their use has expanded greatly in industrial control and monitoring applications. And since ...

The Aberdeen Group’s January 2008 benchmark report titled “System Design: New Product Development for Mechatronics” cites that the top challenge for companies’ mechatronic product development is the ...