POWAY, Calif.—Scripps Green Hospital in La Jolla, Calif., has awarded a contract to Electronic Control Systems, based here, to install a new fire alarm system. ECS, a division of Albireo Energy, ...

This paper (1) describes the history and social background of electronic control of construction equipment, (2) examines the aims of electronic control systems in four main areas: ease of operation, ...

ATK's TVECS system is the latest innovation in controls technology to be successfully demonstrated. ATK designed and qualified the digital field programmable gate array (FPGA)–based TVECS hardware and ...

There's no more satisfying feeling for a truck driver than the airbrake knob smacking the palm of your hand at the end of a grueling haul, hearing that "pshhh" of the air system and knowing that ...

The march toward autonomous cars and trucks continues unabated. But for all the splashy headlines of a dynamic, robot-operated future world, the road to safe, reliable and productive autonomous ...

As you accelerate down the road and use your gas pedal to throttle in the appropriate amount of energy, you expect a smooth implementation from your foot to the motor. The electronic throttle control ...

Electronics have been transforming from rigid, lifeless systems into adaptive, living platforms capable of seamlessly ...

Autonomous vehicles and battery-electric trucks are no longer figments of engineers’ imaginations. They are poised to reshape almost everything we know about building and operating heavy trucks — ...

Slight temperature changes, imperceptible manufacturing imperfections, and heat generated by their own components can completely ruin an entire quantum quantum system-on-chip. Silicon photonics could ...