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From the bench

Field notes, application guides and the occasional opinion from our engineering team.

12 Jan 2026 · Drives

Why your VFD trips on a fast stop (and what to do about it)

Nine times out of ten it isn't a faulty drive — it's a deceleration ramp fighting a load that wants to keep moving. Here's the engineering.

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2 Dec 2025 · IIoT

EdgeLink in a week: connecting one line before you connect a plant

The fastest way to fail at industrial IoT is to start big. Start with one line and one question your team actually wants answered.

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21 Oct 2025 · Hardware

Designing automation hardware for Indian power

A device specced for a stable European supply behaves differently on a line that browns out twice a shift. We design for the supply we actually have.

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