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Variable Speed Drives

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Power Factor Correction

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Soft Starters

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Motor Starting

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Motor Protection / Failure

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Energy Saving

Energy Saving schemes with Induction Motors

General Motor Control

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AC Machines

DC Machines

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Books

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Micros and programming for motor control

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News

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Comms

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Embedded controllers

1. SPLat Controllers

Discussion on embedded controllers.

General automation

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GSM Control

1. GSMTerminal-232

Discussions, Q&A about GSM and SMS control systems.

Smart Relays

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Pressure Transducers

Discussions Q&A about pressure transducers, pressure sensors and level transducers.

General

Buy, Sell Exchange

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Protection Systems

General Protection issues related to electrical supplies and transformers.

Supply Components

Questions about components used in power reticulation systems. i.e. OCBs transformers etc.

Power Quality

Power Quality is becomming a major issue due to the use of electronic devices such as VFDs, switchmode power supplies etc.

Motor Control

Electric motor controls for Electric and Hybrid vehicles.

Storage Systems

Energy Storage systems for electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles.

General Discussions

General

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Analog

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Component Engineering

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Digital

Discussions, Questions and Answers on digital circuits.

PCB

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Power Supply

Disscussions, questions and answers on Power supply circuits.

80C51 Family

Discussion area on 51 programming techniques etc

UC51 C Compiler

Support forum for the UC51 C compiler for the 80C51 family.

AVR

Disussion area on AVR programming techniques etc

CodeVision CAVR compiler

Support forum for the CodeVision C compiler for the Atmel AVR microcontrollers.

PIC Microchip series

Disussion area on PIC programming techniques etc

Others

SCRs

Discussions on the use and applications of SCRs.

IGBTs

Discussions on the use and applications of IGBTs.

General

Electrical Calculations

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Mail Washer

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Electronic

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Electrical

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EMS series Soft starters

Questions relating to the AuCom EMS soft starters

EMX series soft starters

Questions related to AuCom EMX series soft starters

MSX Series Soft Starters

Questions related to the MSX series soft starters

IMS series soft starters

Questions related to IMS series soft starters

General Discussions Public

1. FDU Public,
2. MSF Public,
3. VFB/VFX Public

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XLe Family

Discussions about XLe family of Operator Control Stations

CScape

Discussions on the CScape programming software for the Horner Operator Control Stations.

Serial Server

Intellicom Serial Server set up and applications

General Public

General questions on Motortronics equipment

Tape Drives

General questions and answers on Tape Drives on Linux.

General Linux Questions

Studio Lighting

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Black & White

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General Discussion

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