The Lean/Six Sigma “Club”
As I work on my Six Sigma classes through Purdue I am reminded often of my …
Author: Frank
Electrical Engineer and business owner from the Nashville, Tennessee area. I also play music, Chess and Go.
Where were you on 9/11?
Everyone remembers where they were during significant historical events for some reason. Ten years ago today …
Serial Communications
Serial communications are still used extensively in automation despite the lack of serial ports on most …
Misumi
Despite being an Electrical and Controls engineer I often have to do mechanical design, albeit on …
Photoeyes
Some basic info on photoeyes from the Primer: Photoelectric sensors or Photoeyes transmit and receive a …
LVDTs
One of the first applications I wrote about on this blog back in January 2011 was …
ID Systems
Early in my career I became in involved in material handling systems more often than any …
What do Systems Engineers do?
So I’m still out in Tucson writing specifications for a pretty big integration job that’s coming …
Ch-ch-ch-changes…
As I come closer to completing the content of my book The Automation Primer I have …