PLC Philosophy
Wednesday afternoon I did a webinar for Control Engineering magazine. Usually they have two or three people talk on a topic, but for some reason I was the only person available, so I had to do the whole thing. I …
Author: Frank
Electrical Engineer and business owner from the Nashville, Tennessee area. I also play music, Chess and Go.
Relative Value
No, this is not about the comparative value of your family. This morning I was thinking about the worth of things. I receive lots of e-mails and messages trying to convince me to purchase services from people or companies. Some …
Collector of Books
I am Phranc, Collector of Books. Many books have I, and many more have I read. Since I was a child, I have read every evening before bed. This is a habit; one I shall never quit. I read both …
Collector of Information
I am Phranc, Collector of Information. Much information do I have, I call it “Potential Knowledge”. But it is not real knowledge until it stays in my head. So much information do I have that I can not remember it, …
Collector of Things
I am Phranc, Collector of Things. Many things do I have, I call them “Stuff”. So many things do I have that I sometimes forget I have them. I may then search to find a thing that I think I …
Site Update, Random Stuff
Hi Ladies and Gents, Boys and Girls… This site was started as a method of providing industrial automation content to co-workers and friends, then to the public. It was started in January 2011, before I published my first book, and …
Happy New Year! (Help Wanted?)
Wow, it’s been a crazy year! As with most years, I generally use the holidays to take stock of what the previous year or years have brought and make plans for the upcoming year. I have mentioned the changes that …
Machine Vision and The Vision Show
On October 12 this year at the end of a trip to the Northeast I had the pleasure of attending The Vision Show, a trade show that occurs annually in Boston, MA. You can check out my recap of the …
YouTube Webinars
Hey folks, you may have wondered why I don’t post here as much anymore… of course I work a lot, and that’s part of it. I do 2 weeks a month at Automation NTH… mostly content development and training. I …
Beckhoff Video
This was last week’s Mastering the Machine video on the Beckhoff PLC platform and TwinCAT. I am working on the programming part, it should be out in a few weeks. If you want a copy of the document I showed …