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Not good: There is a circuit to control the motor's direction, as shown in Figure 6.
Better: The motor's direction is controlled by the circuit shown in Figure 6.
Exception: The plural of a one-letter abbreviation requires an apostrophe.
Example: The acceleration on one of the parts is three g's.
The possessive of an acronym is sometimes appropriate: The MOSFET's characteristics differed from the expected values.
Examples:
a voltage-controlled current source
a high-efficiency battery
light-emitting diode
a 100-watt light bulb
a 470-ohm resistor