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Control and Automation Solutions Guide
A message from the Senior Vice President,
Industrial and Medical Solutions Group
Dear Customers,
Over 28 years ago Maxim was founded with the goal of providing high-quality integrated
circuits for the industrial marketplace. We have continued to build on that industrial
foundation, with more than 28% of our $2.5 billion in revenue now coming from industrial
products. Our original mission has never wavered. We deliver robust, innovative solutions that
add value to the products designed and built by our customers.
This Control and Automation Solutions Guide focuses on the best Maxim products for each
function or type of equipment discussed in the chapter overviews. Chapters highlight ve
specic functions and types of industrial equipment. One chapter discusses programmable
logic controllers (PLCs), which provide highly repeatable machine control. The sensors chapter
discusses the complex, wide range of tasks that optimized sensing circuits must perform to
ensure that a PLC works eciently. A chapter on environmental automation presents circuits
for the control and monitoring of residential and commercial environments. The motor control
chapter discusses the challenges of carefully and eciently starting, accelerating, decelerating,
and stopping large high-powered industrial motors. Finally, the calibration chapter explains
how factory and eld calibration allows us all to have aordable industrial equipment that is
safe and accurate.
But today’s new Maxim is more than just great products. We also oer great customer service.
To this end, we added a specic focus on the needs of industrial customers to the training
given to our direct sales force and worldwide distributors. They understand the technical
needs of your products and will provide you high-quality support.
Our entire sales organization welcomes the opportunity to discuss your needs and our
products. And I welcome your questions and comments about Maxim and this solutions guide.
Let me know what you think. You can reach me at: [e-mail].
Thank you,
Chris Neil
Senior Vice President,
Industrial and Medical Solutions Group