Engineering Support For Quartz Oscillators In Data and Communications Projects

Meet Your Design’s Performance Requirements With ECS Inc. Solutions

Industrial electronics today require exceptional components, especially when large amounts of data are involved. The industrial industry may have changed over the past century, yet maximizing profits through mechanical efficiencies remains equally as important. Industrial verticals today, such as the energy sector, agriculture and manufacturing, all depend on data to optimize performance and grow the business.

When large amounts of data streaming are required, electronic components need to deliver as precisely as possible. If data is not transmitted and received accurately, the technological progress promised by industrial automation equipment and other products is all for nothing.

Engineers Depend On Quartz Oscillators For Precise Industrial Communications

Engineers in the design community rely on quartz crystal oscillators to ensure precise communication protocols. Timing solutions manufactured for data and communications use cases enable today’s most sophisticated data-streaming technologies to operate as planned.

However, most designers need engineering support at this stage. Ensuring the stability and precision of your project may require strategic selection, so it is important to work with ECS Inc. to discuss your parameters and get the best performing, quality, reliable and cost-effective product.

Strategizing the Selection Process With Support From ECS Inc.

When it comes to the necessary requirements for your timing solutions in an industrial data or communications project, your design may need a certain level of frequency stability to ensure your project’s success. A factor that concerns designers most is whether the quartz crystal oscillator’s frequency will remain stable under adverse conditions.

To determine how much deviation your project can withstand, you can compare your project’s requirements to the sum of a crystal’s frequency tolerance (the amount of deviation from its frequency at room temperature) and frequency stability (the amount of deviation outside its given temperature range). Your calculation, expressed as ± parts per million (ppm), will help you determine whether a crystal in ECS Inc.’s portfolio will provide the overall stability your project needs.

If you require a wide temperature range due to expected temperature fluctuations, you may need to select a quartz crystal that can provide stability for those environments, even if it was not the product you initially wished to select.

Your board may also require a method for compensation, such as a TCXO or OCXO, that regulates or maintains the optimal temperature for stability. You may also recognize that your use case only involves low-speed data processing in a harsh environment, and you will not need the kind of precise stability parameters that other projects might, even as temperatures fluctuate.

ECS Inc. can help you determine your design’s needs, whether you are building for a product with industrial automation, monitoring or control functionality or any other application.

Environments That Require Stability At a Wide Temperature Range

Certain industrial industry use cases demand a great deal of precision for data and communications protocols in environments that experience fluctuating temperatures. Projects like these require a careful determination of the temperature range at which you expect your design to accurately send and receive data.

These projects require quartz crystal oscillators with exceptional stability and performance within a wide temperature range:

• Programmable logic controllers (PLC)
• Computer vision systems
• Automated robotics for manufacturing
• Automated planting and harvesting equipment for the agriculture market
• Energy generation and distribution products, such as wind turbines and smart grids
• And many more.

Quartz oscillators and other components in industrial automation products must deliver high-quality performance. Ensuring your frequency solutions meet your requirements is a critical first step, and ECS Inc. can help.

Partner With ECS Inc. to Select the Right Quartz Oscillators For Your Design

ECS Inc. offers more than a general portfolio of timing components. This experienced manufacturer builds components that are specifically tailored to the industries you design for.

Within the industrial industry, ECS Inc. provides high-quality timing solutions and power inductors that meet the requirements for this technology-forward industry’s market sectors, including renewable energy, agriculture and utilities.

Work with ECS Inc. to determine the parameters you require for your design, and their expert engineering team will select the products that will save you time and resources, so you can bring your product to market with confidence.

As the needs of the global economy continue to grow, electronic components for industrial automation equipment will need to perform at their highest level to remain relevant and competitive. Trust ECS Inc. to select the timing solutions and power management solutions that will keep your industrial industry partnerships strong.

Find an authorized distributor or sales representative in your region to order the products you need. For engineering support as you design, contact the ECS Inc. team.