[Tyler]

Top Industrial Control How-Tos from 2008
     

Just when you thought you'd seen the last 2008 Top Ten list, I stumbled
across Industrial Control's Top
20 Industrial Control How-To's of 2008. Ok, it's 20 and not 10 and
it's aimed at industrial designers; but there are still some useful How To
articles here for robotics people too. For example, Basics
of the Electric Servomotor and Drive explains the basis of
permanent-magnet brush motors and brushless motors. Another
interesting How To article is Open-Source
Robotics and Process Control Circuit Examples, which describes the
use of GNU/Linux-based software to interface with sensors and
actuators as well as controlling DC motors and stepper motors. Another
How To, The basics
of control system design, explains PID, something every robot
designer has struggled with at one time or another. There are several
other interesting How To articles in the collection so check it out.
   

http://robots.net/article/2744.html