The ultimate goal of sound and image reproduction is realism — the kind that creates suspension of disbelief in the listener or viewer. And nothing breaks the spell like background buzz during a quiet ...

One of the benefits of USB is the ability to power a remote device through the USB port. However, the ground wire within the USB cable can create a ground loop path in some industrial applications ...

Unwanted disturbances in the data lines between two electronic devices communicating with each other due to unbalanced reference voltages in the ground loop. Data signals can be altered, and ...

These magical creatures crop up out of nowhere and fry your electronics or annoy your ear holes. Understanding them will doubtless save you money and hassle. The ground loop in a nutshell is what ...

I'm trying to figure out a way to deal with a ground loop problem I have at home, this is 60hz mains hum that comes out of speakers, even when nothing is connected to the device besides power cable. I ...

Machines automated with electric actuators and drives are flexible, powerful, and easy to use. But such machines often operate in harsh factory conditions subject to electrical noise. This noise is ...

Proponents of industrial wireless technology typically talk up the benefits of reduced wiring costs and the ability of wireless to provide process information that is impossible or too expensive to ...

Having problems with your process controls and electrical instrumentation? The source may be a grounding disturbance known as a ground loop. According to the ANSI/ IEEE Standard Dictionary of ...