The operation of an electromechanical switch is based on the simple theory of electromagnetic induction. This switch relies on mechanical contacts for its switching mechanism. In electromechanical ...

Networks are starting to become a critical part of many industrial installations. Production equipment increasingly incorporates diagnostics that are available over an Ethernet, and ever more factory ...

Basic snap-action switches have been around in one form or another since the 1930s, when the first precision snap-action switch was developed for temperature control in a chicken brooder. The ...

A reed switch gets its name from the use of two or three thin metal pieces, called reeds, with plated contacts at their tips and spaced a small distance apart. The reeds are typically encapsulated in ...

This article addresses some of the fundamentals of laying out a switching-regulator board. Although it focuses on a step-up switching-regulator, the concepts it covers are also useful when working ...