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 …
Category: Hardware
Mechanical and electrical hardware
Piezoelectric, Electromagnetic, and Electrostatic Devices: A Comparison
Today’s post is a guest post by SensComp, a manufacturer of ultrasonic sensors. They also provided this cool infographic: Which Is Better? Comparing Piezoelectric, Electrostatic, And Electromagnetic Devices For your electronic sensor application, selecting the right equipment matters. Do you …
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Videos and Online Training
As I’ve mentioned in my last few posts, I’ve been creating a lot of videos lately, and have been working on various online courses. The picture above is a Camtasia (the software I use for video editing) screen shot of …
Ladder Logic 309: Allen-Bradley Produced-Consumed Tags (Video)
Today’s post is a continuation on Jason Lafever’s questions on PLC to PLC communications. PLCs often have a need to send messages to each other, and all have some method of directly sending a message to read or write tags …
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Ladder Logic 308: Allen-Bradley’s MSG (Message) Instruction – Video
Today’s video is in response to a post I put on my Facebook automation forum, Automation Training. Jason Lafever asked if I would cover a bit on Allen-Bradley’s MSG (Message) Instruction, and cover Produced-Consumed Tags. I decided to split these …
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Ladder Logic 307: Data Average and Archive
Today’s post is in response to Yusuf Shaikh, who asked a question in a Facebook forum on PLCs. He asked “How to calculate average of drive current tag for every 15 seconds in Micrologix 1400 PLC?“ Of course there are …
Working from Home
A friend of mine, Shawn Tierney from The Automation Blog challenged us on Linked In to post a picture of our hobby space, the place where we spend our time at home when we aren’t working. In my case, since …
Build your Own Enclosure
Back in November I posted an article about the PLC Trainer Kits that I had created for people to wire their own PLC. I mentioned that the plastic boxes I was using didn’t travel well, and that the one I …
PLC Simulation Trainers
Today’s post is actually a video… I have mentioned before that I feel kind of like I’ve run out of things to write about. So this is a video I made about my new training equipment. I hope to start …
Advanced PLC Hardware and Programming
Hello all, I know its been a long time since I last posted, a lot going on here. Most importantly, my new book, Advanced PLC Hardware and Programming, is officially on sale! Final edits were done last week, and the …