A method for monitoring an additive manufacturing process during fabrication of a component part is disclosed. In various embodiments, the method includes the steps of selecting a sensing matrix; orienting a sensor toward a surface of the component part; generating a discrete time signal, based on data obtained from the sensor, the discrete time signal being representative of a process condition of the component part while the component part is undergoing the additive manufacturing process; compressing the discrete time signal using the sensing matrix to form a compressed measurement signal; and storing the compressed measurement signal in a storage device while the component part is undergoing the additive manufacturing process. In various embodiments, selecting the sensing matrix comprises selecting a basis function. In various embodiments, the basis function is determined using a random time sampling.

A machine tool includes a spindle headstock having a main spindle, a spindle headstock having a main spindle with a Z3 axis parallel to an axis center direction of the main spindle, a turret that moves relative to the spindle headstocks, and a controller that superposition-controls the spindle headstock with movement of the turret as a standard, wherein the turret is movable in directions of an X axis and a Ys axis that are orthogonal to a Z axis and intersect with the Z axis at an angle except for the right angle, and the controller moves the turret in a direction of a Y axis different from the Ys axis and the X axis by combining movement in the direction of the Ys axis and movement in the direction of the Y axis, and regulates, in the superposition control, the movement of the spindle headstock in the X axis direction associated with the movement in the Y axis direction.

A process control device for use in an industrial process control or automation system of an industrial process plant includes a sensor configured to measure a parameter of a process in the industrial process plant and to output to a controller in the industrial process plant the parameter measured. The process control device also or alternatively includes a control element configured to perform an action in the industrial process plant according to an input received from the controller in the industrial process plant. The process control device also includes an embedded device identifier, unique to the process control field device and associated with one or more of an owner of the process control field device, a plant location of the process control field device, a country or geographical or geopolitical region, and a device tag.

To provide a numerical controller that can detect a position in a machining program at which a speed control abnormality is likely to occur due to an insufficient look-ahead blocks that are used to determine an acceleration/deceleration operation, and supplement the look-ahead blocks at that position in order to stabilize feed rate, cutting speed and other factors. A numerical controller includes a required look-ahead blocks setting unit that sets a required look-ahead blocks, which is a look-ahead blocks required to execute a machining program, and an operation limitation unit that compares a look-ahead blocks calculated by a look-ahead blocks calculation unit to the required look-ahead blocks and, if the look-ahead blocks is less than the required look-ahead blocks, limits execution of the machining program until the look-ahead blocks reach the required look-ahead blocks.

A microcontroller system which employs an intermediate approach in hybrid FRAM-SRAM that involves memory mapping of program sections to retain the reliability benefits provided by FRAM while performing almost as efficiently as an SRAM-based system. They system utilizes an energy-aware memory mapping method which maps different program sections to the hybrid FRAM-SRAM MCU such that energy consumption is minimized without sacrificing reliability. The method comprises a memory initialization map, which performs a one-time characterization to find the optimal memory map for the functions that constitute a program. The method further comprises an energy alignment, a hardware/software method that aligns the system's powered-on time intervals to function execution boundaries, which results in further improvements in energy efficiency and performance.

An apparatus and method for mapping timer channels to protection groups. One embodiment of the method can be implemented in a microcontroller unit (MCU) that comprises a central processing unit (CPU) coupled to a plurality of timer channels and a plurality of programmable group output disable (PTGOD) circuits. The CPU can select a first group of the timer channels to respond to an assertion of a first output disable signal from a first of the PTGOD circuits. Each timer channel of the first group can disable an output signal in response to receiving the assertion of the first output disable signal.

In order to provide an optimized multi-axis system having mechanically coupled axes, a feedforward control identification process is provided, during which actual identification variables occurring in each case at the motor are each provided to identification units associated with the feedforward controllers, wherein feedforward control parameters are identified using the actual identification variables, and closed-loop controllers are parameterized using the feedforward control parameters.

Provided is a control apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire a measurement value measured regarding control target equipment, a first control unit configured to output an operation amount of the control target equipment according to the measurement value by at least one of feedback control or feed-forward control, a second control unit configured to output an operation amount of the control target equipment according to the measurement value using a model learnt by using learning data, and a switching unit configured to perform switching between the first control unit and the second control unit by which the control target equipment is controlled.

A control system for controlling operation of an execution device is provided. The control system includes a master controller, a microprocessor, and a signal line. The master controller is configured to send a control signal to the microprocessor via the signal line. The microprocessor is configured to send the control signal to the execution device to drive the execution device to operate, acquire, at a time interval, a feedback signal representing an operation state of the execution device, and send the feedback signal to the signal line. The master controller is further configured to acquire the feedback signal from the signal line, determine, from the feedback signal, the operation state of the execution device, and regulate the control signal based on the operation state.

A servo actuator ID setting method is performed by a servo actuator controlling system. The servo actuator controlling system includes a master controller and a plurality of servo actuators. One servo actuator is set to disconnect to a next servo actuator. A plurality of interfaces of the master controller are selected to turn on in sequence. The following steps are repeatedly performed to set servo actuator ID: broadcasting a signal to replace an original ID of each of the plurality of servo actuators with a target ID; the plurality of servo actuators in each branch connecting to the master controller; and replacing the original ID of each of the plurality servo actuator with the target ID.