Anatomy of a Website
Actually as you can see above, this is the anatomy of two websites. Platforms I started the Automation Primer in 2011. It has been on the WordPress platform from the beginning. It has also always been hosted on GoDaddy. When …
Author: Frank
Electrical Engineer and business owner from the Nashville, Tennessee area. I also play music, Chess and Go.
Online Business and the Membership Academy
This week I put out an announcement in various places (Linked In, my Facebook group and direct emails) about a new learning opportunity I am releasing around the end of September. I have already released various videos on my YouTube …
What You Need to Know…
What do you need to know to make a career in industrial automation? Do you need an advanced degree, or even a Bachelors? What kind of options are there? A large part of my career has involved teaching technicians and …
Five Benefits of 3D Printing for Prototyping
Today’s post is a guest post from Inoventive 3D Solutions, a full service architectural scale model making company. While it is true that necessity is the mother of invention, every innovation still requires testing to see how well it can …
Want a Job?
Spoiler alert: I am not offering a job here and am not hiring. I am a member of quite a few interest groups on Linked In, Facebook, and several other platforms. I’ve noticed a very disturbing trend, especially in the …
Ladder Logic 404: VFD Encoder Control/Siemens
Today’s post doubles as a Ladder Logic series post and an introduction to the last videos in the Siemens Step 7 Odyssey series on my YouTube channel. Last week I covered a bit about how a Variable Frequency Drive interfaces …
Automation Increases Productivity and Safety
Today’s post is a guest post from The Numina Group, a Warehouse Automation and Software Solutions provider. This is an infographic they provided that shows some of the benefits automation can provide: Numina provides a variety of warehouse automation products …
PLC Drive/VFD Control
Over the past few days I have received a lot of questions about drive or VFD (Variable Frequency Drive) control using a PLC, especially in my Facebook group. It can be very difficult to answer complex questions on Facebook, especially …
Grand Reopening/Virtual Tour
Well, it’s official! I have moved into my new business location, and have already had my first student for two days of class! I hesitate to call it my office or training facility because it’s actually an old house… but …
Advanced HMI
Typically I don’t do unsolicited free advertisements for companies or websites, but I really need to make an exception here for Advanced HMI. Advanced HMI provides a FREE open source HMI platform that runs on a PC. While they do …