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Product Development

Product Development, Trainers, Training

Build your Own Enclosure

Frank Mar 1, 2020 Tagged with Automation Enclosure, PLC Trainers

Back in November I posted an article about the PLC Trainer Kits that I had created …

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Controls Design, Industrial Education, Machine Design, My Little Factory, Product Development, The Book, The Course, Training, troubleshooting

The Automation Academy

Frank Jan 26, 2020 Tagged with HMI, Industrial Automation, Industrial Automation Hands On, industrial Education, machine vision, PLC Hardware and Programming, PLC simulators

As part of an effort to bring more students to my training facility in Lebanon, Tennessee …

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My Little Factory, Product Development

My Little Factory – Innovate

Frank May 21, 2017 Tagged with Arduino, design, IIOT, innovate, inventions, load cell, maker, prototyping, Radio Shack, Raspberry Pi, summing board, Tibbo

The week before last I talked about how I make some of the mechanical things for …

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Load Cells, Process, Product Development, Sensing

Sensors 102: Signal Conditioning

Frank Apr 30, 2017 Tagged with load cell, My Little Factory, sensors, signal conditioners, summing board, TTL

Today’s post is about what goes on between an actual detection device and the input of …

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CAD, Controls Design, Machine Builders and Integrators, Packaging, Panelbuilding, Product Development, Vendors and Manufacturers

The IEM Dilemma

Frank Aug 14, 2016 Tagged with CAD, design, IEM, Industrial Equipment Manufacturers, OEM, panelbuilding

First I’d like to apologize for a term I’ve mis-used in the past, that of the …

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CAD, Guest Posts, Product Development

Rendering and Product Development

Frank Jan 14, 2016 Tagged with CAD, design, Pivot International, product development, rendering

This article is a guest post from Pivot International ******************************************************* How Can Rendering Amp Up Your …

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Machine Design, Product Development, quoting

Design By Committee

Frank Oct 26, 2014 Tagged with brainstorming, feasibility study, Web Handling

Several years ago at my previous employer, I was tasked to do a feasibility study for …

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Controls Design, Engineering, Integration, Product Development

OEM Controls

Frank Sep 20, 2014 Tagged with Company X, Controls, Nalle Automation, OEM

* OEM – Original Equipment Manufacturer. Early in my controls career I had a symbiotic relationship …

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Machine Design, Product Development, Software & Programming

My Automation Software Project

Frank Oct 27, 2013 Tagged with Excel, software, templates, timing diagram, tools, VBA

Over the last couple of months I have mentioned that I am working on a pretty …

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Automation Concepts, Me, Product Development, Software & Programming

Databases

Frank Aug 18, 2013 Tagged with databases, DBMS, entrepreneur, GemFire, MySQL, OODB, OQL, software, SQL, Versant

Before I get into today’s topic I’d like to mention a software project I am working …

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