Industrial automation

Industrial automation

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SF3000

Automation; Industrial automation

A family of configurable dc field regulators available from the Rockwell Automation Drive Systems Group.

1) The smallest distinguishable increment into which a quantity can be devised (e.g., position or shaft speed). 2) The degree to which nearly equal values of a quantity can be discriminated. 3) For ...

Routine

Automation; Industrial automation

A sequence of instructions that monitors and controls a specific application function.

Data terminal

Automation; Industrial automation

1) A device used only to send or receive data. 2) A peripheral device that can load, monitor, or dump memory data. This includes CRT devices and line printers.

Successive approximation

Automation; Industrial automation

A method used in an A/D converter to approximate the input voltage. Starting with the most-significant bit, the method is extended n times for an n-bit converter. If the approximation exceeds a ...

Malfunction

Automation; Industrial automation

Any incorrect function within electronic, electrical, or mechanical hardware. See fault

Period

Automation; Industrial automation

1) The length of time for a cyclical operation to complete one full cycle. For example, the length of time from one point in a cyclical wave form to the same point in the next cycle of the wave form. ...