An electronic survey of Control Design readers was conducted in February 2014 in order to identify usage and application trends in motion, drives and motor technology among the industrial machine builders that comprise Control Design's readership.
Regarding update rates, 9.8% of respondents indicated they required the slowest rate of 500 msec or slower while 5.9% indicated the ultra-higher update rate of faster than 100 msec. 31.4% of respondents require an update rate of 99 – 1 msec; 29.4% require 999 – 100 μsec; while 23.5% require 499 – 100 msec.
