Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to trim temperature sensors are disclosed. An example method includes: sampling a first value indicative of a temperature of a first die of a multi-chip module (MCM) with a first temperature sensor, the first die including a first transistor having a channel including a first material; and calibrating a second temperature sensor configured to sample a second value indicative of a temperature of a second die including a second transistor have a second channel including a second material, the calibrating based on the first value.

A system includes a motor, a memory storing instructions and at least one controller configured to execute the instructions to cause the system to obtain at least one message over a network, the at least one message indicating a target position for a rotor of the motor and a target time associated with the target position, determine a position command and a speed command based on the target position and the target time, and control the motor based on the position command and the speed command.

A method accurately detects biting of a foreign object in a packaging machine. A control apparatus controls a packaging machine that sequentially seals and/or cuts a packaging material transported in a first direction using a rotor. The rotor is arranged to have a tangent to its outer circumference portion in contact with the packaging material extending in the first direction. The rotor is drivable and rotatable by a driver. The control apparatus includes an information obtaining unit that obtains information indicating a rotational position of the rotor and a status value of the driver in predetermined cycles, and a determination unit that determines a presence of an abnormality in a sealed portion of the packaging material using, from the information obtained by the information obtaining unit, a status value of the driver corresponding to a rotational position of the rotor falling within a predetermined range or being a predetermined position.

A method accurately detects biting of a foreign object in a packaging machine. A control apparatus controls a packaging machine that sequentially seals and/or cuts a packaging material transported in a first direction using a rotor. The rotor is arranged to have a tangent to its outer circumference portion in contact with the packaging material extending in the first direction. The rotor is drivable and rotatable by a driver. The control apparatus includes an information obtaining unit that obtains information indicating a rotational position of the rotor and a status value of the driver in predetermined cycles, and a determination unit that determines a presence of an abnormality in a sealed portion of the packaging material using, from the information obtained by the information obtaining unit, a status value of the driver corresponding to a rotational position of the rotor falling within a predetermined range or being a predetermined position.

An arrangement has a technical system, in particular a safety-related system, and a control device which controls the system and can change the technical state of the system by use of control commands. An interface device to be connected to the control device is provided. The interface device forms an external interface for connection to an external remote query device. The interface device has a checking device which is configured in such a manner that it checks a received remote query signal for the presence of a query command stored as permissible in the interface device. In the event of permissibility, the interface device forwards only the query command to the control device and blocks the forwarding of the remote query signal as such or all other control commands which are not query commands stored as permissible.

Automatic system management is provided by controlling/managing part or all of the system operation through the predefined properties embedded in the components of the management system itself. The creation of Quanta with properties allow the programming of the rules for the system management in a way that any user, client, provider or any other type of participant can interact with the system without the need of an intermediary or approver.

A closed loop control system for controlling a plant comprises a controller includes an input arranged to receive a feedback signal from the plant. The controller is arranged to compare a value of the feedback signal to a set point value x(s) and to produce an error signal ε(s) that is at least partially dependent on a difference between the value of the feedback signal and the set point value. The controller also includes an output arranged to supply the error signal ε(s) to the plant. A monitor is arranged to compare a value of the error signal ε(s) produced by the controller to a threshold value and to produce a warning signal when the value of the error signal ε(s) exceeds the threshold value for a period of time greater than a predetermined period.

An operation monitoring terminal includes a viewer that obtains from an engineering terminal, a registration file in which information including names of one or more groups that are operation monitoring targets and names of controllers that belong to the groups is set, refers to the registration file to display the groups that are the operation monitoring targets, and obtains from a controller belonging to a group selected from among the displayed groups, forcing information including a forcing target that is being subjected to forcing to determine the forcing target that is being subjected to forcing and displays a name of the controller and a name of the forcing target as information about forcing.

An operation monitoring terminal includes a viewer that obtains from an engineering terminal, a registration file in which information including names of one or more groups that are operation monitoring targets and names of controllers that belong to the groups is set, refers to the registration file to display the groups that are the operation monitoring targets, and obtains from a controller belonging to a group selected from among the displayed groups, forcing information including a forcing target that is being subjected to forcing to determine the forcing target that is being subjected to forcing and displays a name of the controller and a name of the forcing target as information about forcing.

Described are methods and systems for evaluating glycemic control and glucose homeostasis in a subject. Also described is a model of glucose homeostasis based on proportional and integral terms in a control system. A representative curve is generated based on glucose time series data and fit to the model in order to determine coefficients for each subject. The coefficients provide a digital biomarker of glycemic control for the subject and may be used to identify subjects with glycemic dysfunction.