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Tag: Koyo

PLCs

Birth of the Programmable Controller

Frank Mar 19, 2017 Tagged with Allen-Bradley, Automation Direct, Beckhoff, General Electric, History of the PLC, Koyo, Mitsubishi, Modicon, Omron, PLC Hardware and Programming, PLC History, PLCs, Siemens

Today’s post is extracted from my new “generic” PLC course manual, PLC Hardware and Programming – …

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PLCs, Software & Programming

Ladder Logic 402: Data Manipulation and Filtering

Frank Mar 12, 2016 Tagged with Automation Direct, Excel, Koyo, ladder logic, PLC Data Analysis, PLC Signal Filtering, PLCs, programming

In last weeks’ post, I discussed acquiring data using a PLC to capture values from an …

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PLCs, Software & Programming

Ladder Logic 104: Memory Organization

Frank Dec 28, 2015 Tagged with Allen-Bradley, Automation Direct, Koyo, ladder logic, PLCs, programming, Siemens, Tags

One of the first decisions that needs to be made when designing a PLC system is …

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Vendors and Manufacturers

Automation Direct Field Trip!

Frank May 26, 2014 Tagged with Automation Direct, Do-More, Host Engineering, Koyo, platforms

Last week I had the privilege of visiting Automation Direct near Atlanta. I was hosted by …

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Automation Concepts, Guest Posts, PLCs, Software & Programming

Dynamic (Indirect) Addressing

Frank May 20, 2014 Tagged with Automation Direct, Do-More, Dynamic Addressing, Host Engineering, Idec, Indexed Addressing, Indirect Addressing, Koyo, PLCs, pointer, programming

Today’s post is another guest article, this one written by Steve Myres. Steve owns Automation Solutions, …

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Automation Direct (Koyo) PLCs

Frank Mar 23, 2014 Tagged with Allen-Bradley, Automation Direct, Koyo, PLCs, programming, RLL, Siemens, Stage programming, vendors

This post is a continuation of a series I started a couple of weeks ago on …

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PLC Manufacturer Rankings

Frank Oct 6, 2013 Tagged with Allen-Bradley, Koyo, Mitsubishi, Modicon, Omron, platforms, PLCs, Siemens, vendors

After spending the last couple of weeks teaching PLC programming, I decided to do a little …

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Controllers, Software & Programming, Vendors and Manufacturers

Which Platform Should I Use?

Frank Jan 31, 2011 Tagged with Allen-Bradley, Automation Direct, controllers, Koyo, Mitsubishi, Omron, platforms, PLCs, Siemens, vendors

When I worked for automation distributors I was required to promote and recommend only the products …

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