Control Eng.
PID controllers for beginners
A PID controller consists of the proportional, integral, and derivative blocks connected in parallel. It brings together the characteristics of its building blocks and can […]
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Electronics
Linear position transducer
The linear position transducer consists of a resistance enclosed in a metal container in which a rod flows. […]
Mechanical Eng.
The TIG (Tungsten Inert Gas) welding method
The TIG (Tungsten Inert Gas) welding method is one of the inert atmosphere electrical welding techniques. […]
Bluetooth
Bluetooth can be used to track people, according to research
A group of engineers has proved that the Bluetooth signals regularly sent by our phones contain a unique fingerprint that can be used to monitor people’s movements […]
Recruitment
Microsoft is fighting the war for recruitment
Microsoft is fighting the war for recruitment by paying top university engineers $163,000 a year. […]
Electronics Eng.
Analog temperature transducers: example of a circuit
Example of conditioning circuit with the use of two PT100 temperature transducers […]
Control Eng.
Discrete systems and difference equations
In the past few decades, analog controllers have often been replaced by digital controllers whose inputs and outputs are defined at discrete time instances. […]
Signal Processing
Recursive filters (IIR)
The transfer function of a second-order IIR filter is obtained. […]
Signal Processing
The discrete transfer function of a FIR filter
After seeing its behavior over time, we derive the transfer function of an FIR filter and the conditions for it to introduce a linear phase shift with frequency. […]
Signal Processing
FIR digital filters
The output of an FIR filter at a certain moment is given by the linear combination of the input samples taken in a finite number of previous moments. […]
