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Author: Frank

Electrical Engineer and business owner from the Nashville, Tennessee area. I also play music, Chess and Go.
Controllers, PLCs, Software & Programming, Vendors and Manufacturers

Automation Direct (Koyo) PLCs

Frank Mar 23, 2014 Tagged with Allen-Bradley, Automation Direct, Koyo, PLCs, programming, RLL, Siemens, Stage programming, vendors

This post is a continuation of a series I started a couple of weeks ago on …

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Controllers, PLCs, Software & Programming, Vendors and Manufacturers

Siemens PLCs

Frank Mar 16, 2014 Tagged with FB, FBD, Function Block, history, ladder logic, OB, PLCs, Profibus, programming, SFC, Siemens, Simatic, software, Step7, STL

Continuing the series I began last week with the Allen-Bradley PLC platform, this week I am …

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Controllers, PLCs, Software & Programming, Vendors and Manufacturers

Allen-Bradley PLCs

Frank Mar 9, 2014 Tagged with Aliasing, Allen-Bradley, AOI, ControlLogix, Micrologix, PLC5, PLCs, Rockwell Software, RSLinx, RSLogix, SLC500, software, UDDT, UDT

Most readers of this blog know that I go out of my way to be non-brand-specific …

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Business, Thoughts

What is your Added Value?

Frank Mar 1, 2014 Tagged with India, The World Is Flat, value, value added

Before I get into today’s topic I thought I’d mention why I haven’t posted as often …

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Automation Concepts, Ethics, The Book

Advantages and Disadvantages of Automation

Frank Feb 16, 2014 Tagged with Advantages of Automation, Automation, Disadvantages of Automation, Industrial Automation Hands On

Is automation “good” or “bad”? There are arguments on both sides of this issue. On one …

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Machine Builders and Integrators

More On Custom Machine Building

Frank Feb 2, 2014 Tagged with custom machines, machine building, systems integration, templates, tools

Over the past several years I’ve had the privilege of working with quite a few machine …

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Integration, Leak Testers, Software & Programming

Serial Device Communications

Frank Jan 19, 2014 Tagged with ASCII, Communications, concatenation, parsing, PLCs, programming, RS232, RTA, serial, systems integration

Today’s post is in response to Amit’s question on a previous topic about leak testers. He …

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Consulting, Travel, Website

Hey India!

Frank Jan 12, 2014 Tagged with Automation, Canada, China, India, Industrial Automation Hands On, Japan, Malaysia, trade shows, travel

Yesterday I received an invitation to attend the International Automation Exhibition 2014 to be held in …

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Software & Programming

Ladder Logic 207: Interrupts and Periodic Tasks

Frank Jan 5, 2014 Tagged with Allen-Bradley, interrupt, ladder logic, periodic task, PLCs, programming, safety, scanning, Siemens

Today’s post is in response to Darko’s comment on my Ladder Logic 206: Scanning post. He …

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Load Cells, Material Handling, Process

Web and Converting Terms

Frank Dec 29, 2013 Tagged with splicers, Telsonic, ultrasonic welding, unwinders, web guides, Web Handling, winders

The picture above is from a project I worked on back in 2007. I haven’t worked …

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