Mechatronic TipsEditor, Steve Meyer
Steve Meyer covers the world of mechatronics, design, renewable energy, robotics, automation, motion, sensors and featured commentary.
Steve Meyer covers the world of mechatronics, design, renewable energy, robotics, automation, motion, sensors and featured commentary.
Motion Paradox
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Mechatronics is a field made up of paradoxes. It can be inclusive of so many different technologies that its hard to define what it is and what it…
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Magnets and Mechatronics
Sunday, January 23, 2011
The world supply of magnets is a hot topic. The Chinese bought General Motors’ Magnaquench company some years ago and have on their soil one of the largest…
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Future Innovation
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Innovate, or else. It is an imperative. Its a major topic. New books are published exploring the process of innovation, the psychology of innovation. Some question whether innovation…
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Change Everywhere
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Change is everywhere. The rate of change in technology is astounding. Part of that change is also how the cost of technology is changing, because that impacts the…
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PID and Motion
Sunday, January 2, 2011
PID control has been with us for a long time. Proportional, Integral and Derivative relationships are applied to the control of a variable whose setpoint is to be…
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