Author Archives: John S Rinaldi
The Always Confusing World of Data Scaling and Normalization
Many IIoT devices create ‘landfills’ of unusable data because it hasn’t been standardized, scaled or [...]
Jul
Celebrating a Grand Experiment
Most of us have just celebrated the 4th of July. We were all outside with [...]
Jul
Network Address Translation: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You!
There is little in automation that is used more often and is less difficult to [...]
Jun
New Support for Siemens Data Blocks!
It’s not often that I get to announce something really cool, but today’s an exception. [...]
Jun
Web Servers for Allen-Bradley PLCs – Part 2
The previous article in this series discussed what web servers are and how they function [...]
Jun
Web Servers for Allen-Bradley PLCs – Part 1
If you’re like the typical factory floor engineer, you’re probably not very familiar with web [...]
May
OPC DA Communications
A reader sent me this question a few weeks back: “I see that OPC DA [...]
May
Memorial Day 2021 – Let Us Remember
“Those are those who speak about you who say, he lost a leg, she lost [...]
May
Nine Simple Steps to Machine Security
You and I have heard plenty over the last 18 months or so about manufacturing [...]
May
Data Highway (DH+) Revisited
It’s been twelve years since I did an article on DH+. That’s a long time. [...]
May
