Electronic Components (including integrated circuits, microcontrollers, controls, sensors)

User Interface Controls in a Single Chip Date: February 1, 2008 An ARM7-based MCU with User Interface Controls brings appliance designers reliability, flexibility and cost savings when integrating monochrome or full-color graphic user interface controls.
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Extending Efficiency: Advanced control methods more accessible to wider range of appliances. Date: February 1, 2008 Advanced motor-control techniques are a practical necessity because they enable more efficient and quieter appliances. In the past, these advanced control techniques were only available as proprietary solutions, and hence were limited in scope to a few high-end appliances.
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The Advantages Of Designing With Thermally Protected Varistors Versus Standard MOVs.
Date: February 1, 2008

Standard MOVs (metal oxide varistors) have been providing transient voltage surge protection from surges for many years. These surges can originate from lightning, electronic switching, electromagnetically induced surges and a myriad of other sources. MOVs are specifically designed to protect electronic equipment from overvoltage transient surges however they are not designed to protect the same equipment from a temporary abnormal overvoltage.

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Coordinated Circuit Protection for Electronic Motors, Transformers and Control Units in Home and Professional Appliances Date: May 2, 2007 Although generally reliable, the electric motors used in home and professional grade appliances are subjected to mechanical overload, overheating, stalls, lost neutral, severe overvoltage humidity and other damaging factors.
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Capacitive Touch Sensing ICs and the Appliance Industry Date: August 29, 2006 OMRON created the B6T series of touch-sensing ICs, to offer an extremely fast methodology for developing an appliance touch panel and firmware, to implement its operation; this occurs in the briefest period of time.
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