As Italian tire giant Pirelli's advertising reminds us, “Power is nothing without control.” But if your application is automotive, consumer, or industrial, embedded control is often worthless without ...

Mechanical relays, contactors, and switches control the flow of electricity by the mechanical action of two conducting elements. The physical contact of two conducting elements creates a path for ...

Fairchild Semiconductor provides designers with an easier way to design their motor control, power switch and lighting control applications with random-phase, snubberless triac drive optocouplers. The ...

Power-control modules are circuits comprising devices such as silicon-controlled rectifiers, triacs, power transistors, and power rectifier diodes. These circuits can function as pulse-width ...