Abstract: An apparatus includes a first transistor having a control input and a second transistor having a control input. A first driver has an input. A first output of the first driver couples to the first transistor's control input. A second output of the first driver couples to the second transistor's control input. A third transistor has a control input. A fourth transistor has a control input and couples to the third transistor. A second driver has an input, a first output that couples to the control input of the third transistor, and second output that couples to the control input of the fourth transistor. An adjustable delay circuit has first, second, and third inputs and an output. The first input of the adjustable delay circuit couples to the input of the first driver. The output of the adjustable delay circuit couples to the input of the second driver.

Abstract: Some aspects relate to a device comprising a power circuit, a control circuit, a guard ring, a guard wall, and a voltage generator. The power circuit is disposed within a substrate and includes a transistor of a first type. The control circuit is disposed within the substrate and includes a transistor of a second type different from the first type, and is coupled to the power circuit. The guard ring includes a plurality of doped regions within the substrate, and the guard ring laterally surrounds the power circuit. The guard wall is disposed within the substrate and between the guard ring and the control circuit. The guard wall includes a first doped region laterally surrounding an insulating region, and a polysilicon region laterally surrounded by the insulating region. The voltage generator has a first terminal coupled to the first doped region of the guard wall.

Abstract: A non-transitory, computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to receive, via a graphical user interface (GUI), a first input indicative of a request to generate a storyboard including one or more visualizations associated with operation of one or more industrial automation systems, wherein the request identifies first and second data from one or more data sources, retrieve the first and second data from the one or more data sources, generate a first dataset based on the first data retrieved from the one or more data sources, generate a second dataset based on the first data retrieved from the one or more data sources, and generate for display via the GUI, the storyboard based on the first dataset and the second dataset.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for determining shuttle loading positions for a multi-load shuttle. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by one or more processors, an indication of a first load for retrieval by a shuttle that is configurable to simultaneously transport a plurality of loads and an indication of a first retrieval location for the first load; receiving, by the one or more processors, an indication of a second load for retrieval by the shuttle and an indication of a second retrieval location for the second load; determining, by the one or more processors, a first loading position on the shuttle for placing the first load based on the first retrieval location and the second retrieval location; and causing, by the one or more processors, the shuttle to place the first load in the first loading position based on determining the first loading position.

Abstract: A circuit includes a first ground terminal, a second ground terminal, an output terminal, a transistor, a controller, and a resistor. The output terminal is configured to provide an output voltage. The transistor has a first terminal coupled to the output terminal, a second terminal coupled to the first ground terminal, and a control terminal. The controller has an output coupled to the control terminal, and a reference terminal coupled to the second ground terminal. The resistor has a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the transistor, and a second terminal coupled to the reference terminal.

Abstract: Sensored mixer, comprising a mixing device for mixing two or more components to produce a mixed liquid at a mixer output, and a property sensor for determining a property of a liquid, the property sensor comprising a) a channel comprising a sensing zone through which the liquid flows; b) two electrodes for generating an electric field of one or more sensing frequencies in the sensing zone; c) a data storage device comprising a pre-stored set of calibration data representing calibration impedance responses measured previously at the one or more sensing frequencies and at different property values of the property of an identical liquid; and d) a device to repeatedly i) generate between the electrodes an electric field of in the sensing zone; ii) sense between the electrodes, a response impedance; iii) derive from the response impedance a property value of the property of the liquid, using the pre-stored set of calibration data representing calibration impedance responses, wherein the property sensor is in fluid

Abstract: A Mn—Al—Ti permanent magnet includes a body composed of an alloy consisting essentially of manganese in an amount of 50 to 56 atomic percent, aluminum in an amount of 44 to 50 atomic percent, and titanium in an amount of 0.5 to 1.5 atomic percent with a total amount of manganese, aluminum, and titanium not exceeding 100 atomic percent. In one preferred embodiment, a composition for the Mn—Al—Ti permanent magnet is Mn54Al45Ti1 with substantially no other elemental additions being present. The addition of titanium in amounts of approximately 1 atomic percent to the Mn—Al system is believed to result in the titanium sitting on the anti-phase boundary (APB) sites with atoms coupling ferromagnetically across the APB in the presence of titanium, resulting in suppression of the negative effects of the APB and improving the remanence over a titanium-less Mn—Al permanent magnet. This system also exhibits sustained coercivity at high temperatures.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a magnetic device comprises providing a layer stack, the layer stack comprising a substrate, a first ferromagnetic layer disposed above the substrate, the first ferromagnetic layer comprising a uniaxial magnetic anisotropy including an easy axis, a non-magnetic layer disposed on the first ferromagnetic layer, a second ferromagnetic layer disposed on the non-magnetic layer, the second ferromagnetic layer comprising a unidirectional anisotropy, and an antiferromagnetic layer disposed on the second ferromagnetic layer, the antiferromagnetic layer comprising a Néel temperature TN; heating the layer stack above the Néel temperature TN of the antiferromagnetic layer; applying a magnetic field HCL to the layer stack, the magnetic field HCL comprising a magnetic field direction having an arbitrary angle with respect to the easy axis; cooling the layer stack below the Néel temperature TN of the antiferromagnetic layer with the magnetic field HCL applied; and removing the magnetic field HCL.

Abstract: A floor cleaning apparatus includes a chassis (138), a cleaning unit (50), and a least one suspension device (139). The cleaning unit (50) is mounted to the chassis (138) with at least one degree of freedom relative to the chassis (138) allowing the cleaning unit (50) to be lifted and lowered relative to the chassis (138). The at least one suspension device (139) is operatively active on the cleaning unit (50) and configured to transmit to the cleaning unit (50) an upwardly directed force.

Abstract: A floor cleaning apparatus (1) is provided including a cleaning assembly (500), a suction unit (10), an inlet channeling unit (20), and an outlet channeling unit (30). The suction unit (10) has a motor (11) and an impeller (12). The inlet channeling unit (20) is in fluid communication with at least one portion of the cleaning assembly (500). The outlet channeling unit (30) connects the suction unit (10) to an exhaust aperture (40). The outlet channeling unit (30) includes a first expansion chamber (31) and at least one intercepting wall (100). The first expansion chamber (31) faces the outlet side of the impeller (12). The at least one intercepting wall (100) comprises a plurality of through holes (101). The intercepting wall (100) operates inside the first expansion chamber (31).

Abstract: A non-transitory, computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to receive, via a graphical user interface (GUI), a first input indicative of a request to generate a storyboard including one or more visualizations associated with operation of one or more industrial automation systems, wherein the request identifies first and second data from one or more data sources, retrieve the first and second data from the one or more data sources, generate a first dataset based on the first data retrieved from the one or more data sources, generate a second dataset based on the first data retrieved from the one or more data sources, and generate for display via the GUI, the storyboard based on the first dataset and the second dataset.

Abstract: A floor cleaning apparatus (1) includes a cleaning unit (50) and a motor assembly (53). The cleaning unit (50) includes a left cleaning disc (51) and a right cleaning disc (52). Each one of the left and right cleaning discs (51, 52) have a respective lower side (51a, 52a) configured to clean the floor and a respective upper side (51b, 52b) opposite the lower side. The motor assembly (53) is configured to operate in rotation the left cleaning disc and the right cleaning disc (51, 52) around a respective axis of rotation (51x, 52x). The cleaning unit (50) includes at least one presser device (54) active on a peripheral portion of the upper side (51b) of the left cleaning disc (51) and on a peripheral portion of the upper side (52b) of the right cleaning disc (52).

Abstract: A floor cleaning apparatus (1) includes at least one cleaning unit (50). The cleaning unit (50) includes a support frame (63), at least one cleaner roller (110), and a first and a second connector (111, 112). The first and a second connector (111, 112) are interposed between the support frame (63) and opposite ends of the cleaner roller (110), in order to rotatably engage the cleaner roller (110) itself with the support frame (63) around a substantially horizontal axis of rotation (X). At least one of the first or the second connector (111, 112) comprises a male component (113) and a female component (114) coupled together in a removable manner.

Abstract: A floor cleaning apparatus (1) has an air suction unit (10) and an outlet channeling unit (30), which connects an outlet side of the suction unit (10) to an exhaust aperture (40). The air outlet channeling unit (30) includes various expansion chambers (31, 32, 34, 39) and respective air compression channels interposed among the expansion chambers. At the first expansion chamber (31) an intercepting wall (100) with through holes (101) may be present.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for a communication between a fueling device (2) and a vehicle (4), having the steps of coupling the fueling device to a tank (6) of the vehicle by means of a fuel hose (10), providing pressurized fuel to the fuel hose, varying the pressure on the fuel hose by superimposing a specified base pressure with a pressure sequence in order to modulate a first signal to be transmitted, detecting the pressure being applied to the fuel hose by means of the vehicle, and extracting the first signal to be transmitted from the detected pressure.

Abstract: An example method for multiplexing one or more data sources to a set of uplink time and frequency resources by a hardware module includes determining, one or more patterns, wherein each pattern indicates a mapping of data from at least one of the one or more data sources to locations in the set of resources, and each pattern is represented by a pattern type associated with pattern parameters. The method further includes providing the one or more patterns to the hardware module; and performing, by the hardware module, the mapping indicated by each pattern.

Abstract: A non-transitory, computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to receive, via a graphical user interface (GUI), a first input indicative of a request to generate a storyboard including one or more visualizations associated with operation of one or more industrial automation systems, wherein the request identifies first and second data from one or more data sources, retrieve the first and second data from the one or more data sources, generate a first dataset based on the first data retrieved from the one or more data sources, generate a second dataset based on the first data retrieved from the one or more data sources, and generate for display via the GUI, the storyboard based on the first dataset and the second dataset.

Abstract: A non-transitory, computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to receive, via a graphical user interface (GUI), a first input indicative of a request to generate a storyboard including one or more visualizations associated with operation of one or more industrial automation systems, wherein the request identifies first and second data from one or more data sources, retrieve the first and second data from the one or more data sources, generate a first dataset based on the first data retrieved from the one or more data sources, generate a second dataset based on the first data retrieved from the one or more data sources, and generate for display via the GUI, the storyboard based on the first dataset and the second dataset.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner (1) comprising a container (2), a suction unit (60), an air channeling unit (25), operative between the container (2) and the suction unit (60), wherein the air channeling unit (25) comprises: a collector (26) having a suction mouth (27) at an intake side of the air channeling unit (25), a deflector (28) positioned at the intake side and radially extending at least over a central portion of the suction mouth (27), the collector (26) and the deflector (28) delimiting a suction channel (29) connecting the suction mouth (27) to an inlet port (22) of the suction unit (60).

Abstract: Sensored mixer, comprising a mixing device for mixing two or more components to produce a mixed liquid at a mixer output, and a property sensor for determining a property of a liquid, the property sensor comprising a) a channel comprising a sensing zone through which the liquid flows; b) two electrodes for generating an electric field of one or more sensing frequencies in the sensing zone; c) a data storage device comprising a pre-stored set of calibration data representing calibration impedance responses measured previously at the one or more sensing frequencies and at different property values of the property of an identical liquid; and d) a device to repeatedly i) generate between the electrodes an electric field of in the sensing zone; ii) sense between the electrodes, a response impedance; iii) derive from the response impedance a property value of the property of the liquid, using the pre-stored set of calibration data representing calibration impedance responses, wherein the property sensor is in fluid