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Automation.com's Motion Control Portal includes articles, white papers, product announcements, application stories, motion control company and oranization news, training and seminar information, event schedules, project news, and more resources and literature for your motion control needs, from gearboxes and motors to motion control cards and everything else.

ControlDesign.com's Motion Control Resource Center provides articles, white papers, products, and news from the most important companies in motion control, including Lenze-AC Tech, Omron Electronics, Rockwell Automation, and more as well as product announcements such as state-of-the-art mechatronic drives, internal disconnects, and variable frequency drives.

Motion Control Online is the Motion Control Association's website, providing resources including product reviews, product news, industry news, buyer's guides, an event calendar, a bookstore, and much more, and as a member of the Robotic Industries Association and part of the Automation Technologies Council, you can be sure that the information is as up-to-date and reliable as they come.

BEI Industrial Encoders offers a page of Motion Control Systems information and resources for factory automation professionals and engineers, with resources such as news bulletins, a encoder design calculator, encoder interpolation options, and optical encoder design guides as well as Motion Control Newsletters with views and news on the automation industry.

PMD's Motion Control University offers motion control articles that cover the basics of motor selection and tuning, to recent trends and developments in the motion contol industry. There are also sections on frequently asked questions, application notes (to help ease designing of PMD's products), and whitepapers. Sections on solution notes, a motion control glossary, motion control links, a newsletter archive, and webinars are also provided.