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Author: Frank

Electrical Engineer and business owner from the Nashville, Tennessee area. I also play music, Chess and Go.
Life

Pressure

Frank Sep 2, 2012 Tagged with stress

I know, everyone probably thought this was going to be something on pneumatics or hydraulics, maybe …

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Assembly, Robots, The Book, vision

Vision Guided Robots

Frank Aug 26, 2012 Tagged with Machine Vision, Robot

This week was my first experience using vision and robots together. I have integrated many vision …

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Motion Control

Motion Control

Frank Aug 19, 2012 Tagged with motion control, servo

Following is a subchapter on motion control from my forthcoming book. My philosophy on writing these …

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Learning

Frank Aug 12, 2012 Tagged with learning, training

Most people in the field of automation like solving problems and are naturally curious. Even when …

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Automation Concepts, Controls Design, Machine Design, Software & Programming

What’s in a name?

Frank Aug 5, 2012 Tagged with design, naming, programming, templates

The project I am currently working on is the first one where I have had to …

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Automation Concepts, Engineering, Me, Techniques, The Book

Engineering Philosophy

Frank Jul 22, 2012 Tagged with engineering

Yesterday I had some time to kill while my car was in the shop so I …

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Sensing, Sensors

Encoders and Resolvers

Frank Jul 15, 2012 Tagged with encoder, resolver

Here is another recently rewritten article, if anyone has any suggestions please let me know. An …

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Automation Concepts, The Book

The Basics: Analog and Digital

Frank Jul 8, 2012 Tagged with Analog, Digital, sensors, The Basics

Now that I have an end in sight in regards to having my book published, I …

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Me, The Book

The Book will be published!

Frank Jul 1, 2012 Tagged with Industrial Automation, publishing

I received some exciting news Friday… my book proposal was accepted! Here is the e-mail I …

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Integration, MES, Software & Programming, Techniques

Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)

Frank Jun 24, 2012 Tagged with data collection, ERP, Manufacturing Execution Systems, MES, MOMS, software, systems integration

As part of my job I have often been tasked with gathering information pertaining to machine …

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