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Accelerate Firmware Development in Motion Control Applications

Accelerate Firmware Development in Motion Control Applications

Learn how ADI Trinamic TMC-API simplifies and accelerates motion control firmware development, from setup and code generation to flashing and debugging on evaluation platforms.


Using ADI Trinamic’s IC Software API and Examples

Using ADI Trinamic’s IC Software API and Examples

This application note from Analog Devices explains how to use the Trinamic TMC-API to simplify firmware development for motion control ICs in embedded and industrial systems. It outlines development setup, build, flashing, and debugging workflows using tools such as J-Link and DAPLink, along with integration into evaluation platforms like the LandungsbrueckeV3. The note also introduces PyTrinamic for Python-based scripting and rapid prototyping, enabling scalable and portable motion control firmware development.


Smart Monitoring Improves Distribution-Grid Reliability

Smart Monitoring Improves Distribution-Grid Reliability

In this application note, learn how smart powerline monitors help utilities improve distribution-grid reliability by measuring voltage, current, power, and power factor across all phases, while addressing challenges like aging equipment, nonlinear loads, EV adoption, and distributed generation. Using high-accuracy ADCs and mixed-signal ICs, these monitors enable real-time calculations, predictive maintenance, and edge-of-grid monitoring for faster problem detection and response.


SIMO Switching Regulators: Extending Battery Life for Hearables and Wearables

SIMO Switching Regulators: Extending Battery Life for Hearables and Wearables

Used in hearables and wearables, single-inductor multiple-output (SIMO) switching regulators extend battery life by replacing multi-inductor and LDO-based power architectures with a compact, high-efficiency buck-boost design. This white paper from Maxim Integrated (now a part of Analog Devices) explains how SIMO technology time-multiplexes energy across multiple outputs, reduces component count, lowers quiescent current, and optimizes inductor utilization for space-constrained devices.


Next-Generation Wearable Electronics: Innovations, Challenges, and Future Trends

Next-Generation Wearable Electronics: Innovations, Challenges, and Future Trends

Explore the latest innovations, challenges, and future trends shaping next‑generation wearable electronics—from advanced materials to AI‑powered sensing. Download the white paper to see what’s driving the future of wearable technology.


MHO/DHO5000 Series Digital Oscilloscope Application Guide for Bode Plot Function

MHO/DHO5000 Series Digital Oscilloscope Application Guide for Bode Plot Function

Download the application guide to master Bode plot analysis and optimize the stability of your switching power supply designs.


The Electrical Engineer’s Desk Guide

The Electrical Engineer’s Desk Guide

Bridge the gap between PCB manufacturing and real-world electronics design with Summit Interconnect’s Electrical Engineering Desk Guide, covering fabrication, stack-up, EMI, power delivery, and regulation fundamentals that drive manufacturable, high-performance hardware.


Efficiency and Reliability with Silicon Carbide JFETs: A Practical Guide for Power Engineers

Efficiency and Reliability with Silicon Carbide JFETs: A Practical Guide for Power Engineers

This white paper explores how SiC JFETs are stepping into future-proof applications from data centers and renewable energy to advanced protection circuits.


High Density Power Conversion: More Power in Less Space

High Density Power Conversion: More Power in Less Space

EV sales for both pure battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles are accelerating rapidly.


Innovative Reliable Power Solutions for Mission Critical Applications

Innovative Reliable Power Solutions for Mission Critical Applications

A collection of technical resources aimed at educating users on the benefits of using modular power in aerospace, defense, and space applications.


Powering Industrial Image Sensors Tutorial

Powering Industrial Image Sensors Tutorial

Industrial image sensors require carefully designed power trees that deliver low-noise, thermally efficient, and tightly regulated voltage across multiple rails, using combinations of buck converters and LDOs to balance efficiency, accuracy, and heat dissipation. The tutorial explains how to evaluate conduction losses, dropout voltage, transient response, PSRR, and junction temperature to select the right regulators. It offers practical design guidance and real component examples—especially for onsemi Hyperlux sensor.


Understanding EMI Precompliance Testing

Understanding EMI Precompliance Testing

Gain further insights on EMC precompliance testing and how EMI precompliance testing is performed.


Advanced Programmable Power Supply Features Boost Productivity

Advanced Programmable Power Supply Features Boost Productivity

Learn how cutting-edge advanced programmable power supplies enhance productivity with remote control, regenerative capabilities, and high-frequency options. Download this AMETEK Programmable Power's White Paper Today!


Industrial Wireless Solutions: The Ultimate Wi-Fi 7 Solutions for Industrial Innovation

Industrial Wireless Solutions: The Ultimate Wi-Fi 7 Solutions for Industrial Innovation

Download the eBook to discover how Advantech’s Wi-Fi 7 solutions are driving industrial connectivity and accelerating AIoT innovation.


Robotic Arms Reach for a New Horizon

Robotic Arms Reach for a New Horizon

Download the white paper to explore how software-driven platforms and AI are reshaping the future of robotic arm design and performance.


System Solution Guide: On Board Charger (OBC)

System Solution Guide: On Board Charger (OBC)

On-Board Chargers (OBCs) are key components in BEVs and PHEVs, converting AC grid power into DC to charge high-voltage batteries and supporting both Level 1 and Level 2 charging, with a growing trend toward high-power designs for 800 V architectures. This solutions guide explores how modern OBCs leverage silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFETs, automotive power modules, and optimized gate drivers to improve efficiency, thermal performance, and power density.


Advanced Industrial Motor Control for Increased Power Efficiency

Advanced Industrial Motor Control for Increased Power Efficiency

Advanced Industrial Motor Control systems improve energy efficiency by using variable-speed motors and sophisticated inverter designs with IGBTs, SiC MOSFETs, and GaN HEMTs, along with integrated modules like IPMs and PIMs for compact, high-performance operation. In this white paper, learn how systems optimize power delivery through three-phase inverters, power factor correction (PFC), and brake circuits, balancing trade-offs between efficiency, switching speed, cost, and thermal performance.


Design Considerations for Residential Battery Energy Storage Systems

Design Considerations for Residential Battery Energy Storage Systems

Residential Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) enable homeowners to store excess solar or grid energy for use during peak demand, reducing costs and dependence on fossil fuels. This white paper details key design aspects—including grid-tied, hybrid, and off-grid architectures, AC/DC coupling, BMS functionality, and safety standards—while highlighting advanced components like SiC and GaN-based inverters and MPPT-enabled controllers. It also explores modern converter topologies, smart energy management, and more.


Pairing Gate Drive to EliteSic Tutorial

Pairing Gate Drive to EliteSic Tutorial

This tutorial guides engineers on optimizing SiC MOSFET performance in high-power applications like EV chargers, solar inverters, and BLDC motors by minimizing conduction and switching losses while ensuring safety and EMI compliance. It covers gate driver selection, voltage swing requirements, gate charge, and timing strategies to improve efficiency and avoid issues such as runt pulses during high-frequency PWM operation. The tutorial also provides practical guidance on onsemi gate driver products, block diagrams, and application examples.


Top Cool Package for Power Discrete MOSFETs

Top Cool Package for Power Discrete MOSFETs

onsemi’s Top Cool MOSFET package enhances thermal performance by exposing the drain on the top side of the device, allowing direct heatsinking and freeing PCB space for additional components. Testing of the TCPAK57 Top Cool device showed up to 11× lower thermal resistance and greater power-handling capability compared to traditional SO8FL packages. This application note explains how this enables smaller, cooler, and more efficient designs for high-power applications in automotive, industrial, and energy systems.