Single-phase ac motors are as ubiquitous as they are useful -- serving as prime power sources for a seemingly limitless array of small-horsepower applications in industry and home. Knowing how to ...

For the PDF version of this article, click here. More than 80% of the motors bought each year continue to be low-cost single-phase ac motors. Because these motors are not very efficient when ...

Electric fans commonly use low-cost AC motors built around capacitors, which now increasingly demand replacement due to high power consumption. However, while three-phase brushless DC (BLDC) motors ...

The two most important electric motors are the ac induction motor and the permanent magnet (PM) brushless synchronous motor, also known as the brushless dc or ac servo motor. These motors have ...

Renesas’ RA8T2 motor control MCUs address real-time control in high-end factory automation and robotics applications.

TOKYO, July 09, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today introduced the RA2T1 microcontroller (MCU) group based ...

We are often asked if one ACM20 power meter can be used to measure the total current and total real power (watts) in a 3-wire, single phase, 240V AC mains supply with a neutral conductor and two 120V ...