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.
Jobless Recovery?
Sunday, May 19, 2013
A lot of commentary about jobless recovery recently. It brings to mind many comments from politicians campaging for election. They are going to bring jobs back to America….
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Machine builders use mechatronics
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
The origination of the term “mechatronics” is credited to Tetsuro Mori, an engineer at the Japanese company Yaskawa, in 1969, who was working to develop an industrial robot….
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Additive Manufacturing in the Real World
Sunday, April 28, 2013
There is no doubt that additive processing will dramatically change the future of manufacturing. If you consider the original stereo lithography polymer proces, 3D printing, one example of…
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Mechanics of Control
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Just as mechanical definitions are critical in motion control systems, mechanical definitions have an incredibly important role to play in control systems as well. I was reminded of…
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Cars and Reliability
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Today’s cars are extremely complex assemblies of all kinds of mechatronic systems. Toyota says their average car contains about 30,000 parts if you include all the screws and…
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Industrial Control and Consumer Electronics
Saturday, March 9, 2013
The world of consumer electronics migrates on at the speed of Moore’s Law. Cost and performance have been increasing uniformly for the last 20 years. The cellphone in…
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Keeping it Simple
Monday, February 25, 2013
The KISS principle. Keep It Simple Stupid. Hopefully they still teach this in engineering school. It is the essence of good design. Reducing the complex to the most…
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Silicon Technology and Control
Sunday, February 10, 2013
In the semiconductor world the rate of change is incredibly fast. Processor power continues to increase and costs continue to decline. It makes you wonder if there are…
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M2 – M is for Motion – Part 2
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Let’s break down some of the terms pertaining to motion control. I am suggesting a definition along the lines of ”An independently functioning system capable of converting energy…
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New Year’s Motion Resolution
Sunday, December 30, 2012
My New Year’s resolution for 2013: Make Better Motion. It’s always been part of my makeup when doing motion control projects. Come up with the most cost effective,…
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