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Basics of Configuring Drives
accompanying elastic play, depending on the materials used. Most typically, elastic play and hysteresis crop up in drives containing plastic gears, less so in systems exclusively comprised of hard metals. Such effects represent an additional complication. Another point to note is that couplings
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How to Drive Resistive Tactile Sensors
version of the sensor has an active sensing diameter of 0.375 in. In many cases, designers will prototype with a standard sensor to prove a concept, then devise a custom version. Custom sensors can have nearly any shape and can be comprised of single or multiple sensing points. Sensors can also
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Determining MOSFET Driver Needs for Motor Drive Applications
with current. G. ramping up or down in the device with voltage from. S. E. drain-to-source (MOSFET) or collector-to-emitter. (IGBT). Switching losses occur in any hard-switched. N-Channel. N-Channel. application and can often dominate the power losses of. MOSFET. IGBT. the switching element. The IGBT
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Computer Power User Article - Multiple Personalities
buying a better device than they re getting or they focus on a particular specification (ignoring other important specs). Some cases are more deceptive than others. Chip tested: AMD Athlon 64 3700+ The Art Of The Gotcha Measurement Take hard drive capacities as an example of a confusing but widely
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Model-based Development for Event-driven Applications using MATLAB: Audio Playback Case Study (.pdf)
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Humidifier Case Study (GTS): Region of Waterloo Water Testing Laboratory; Ontario, Canada
because. the electric canister-type humidification system required frequent. maintenance and canister replacement due to hard water. conditions," said Jim Bender, PE, HTS Engineering, Kitchener,. Ontario. The firm helped the Waterloo facility to specify a new. system. The DRI-STEEM GTS. humidifier
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Smart Computing Article - Storage Devices
10. Not if, but when. All drives eventually fail, but the failure doesn't have to come as a surprise. Hard drives rarely just up and die; in most cases, they fail slowly. Stay on top of the state of your hard drive by using the Windows ScanDisk tool regularly. ScanDisk can detect and correct minor
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Smart Computing Article - Storage Devices
May 2000 Vol.6 Issue 5 Page(s) 35 - 38 in print issue Add To My Personal Library Improve Access To Your Data & Decrease Your Risk Of Losing It Speaking of damaged disks, here are some tips for maintaining your hard drives, diskettes, and removable media. Because a drive's read-write head passes