Category Archives: RTA’s Blog

Implementing Automation Processes in Everyday Ways

As an Application Engineer for Real Time Automation, Inc., I work with customers day in [...]

A.I. Content in the I.A. World

Industrial automation (I.A.) is a complex and rapidly evolving field, and as such, the demand [...]

The Benefits of High-Tech Training for People in Non-Tech Positions

In today’s digitally driven world, high-tech skills have become essential for all people in all [...]

Ensuring You Get the Best Protocol Gateway

Here at Real Time Automation®, we specialize in making easy-to-use connectivity products, including industrial protocol [...]

How Does DH+ Compare to Ethernet?

When it comes to industrial communications protocols, one of the inevitable questions is: How does [...]

10 Keys to Understanding MTConnect

MTConnect is an open, royalty-free standard that provides a very detailed semantic vocabulary for devices [...]

Taking a Drive Down the Data Highway

Do you remember the term data highway? That’s what they called the internet way back [...]

Three Reasons to Love EtherCAT

My wife and I are very similar people in a lot of ways but also [...]

A Refresher Course on OSI & TCP/IP

EtherNet/IP. PROFINET. Modbus. MQTT. OPC UA. We spend so much time and energy talking about [...]

Get Your CANopen-er Gear Today!

CANopen is the only industrial protocol in which devices are not strictly peer-to-peer and not [...]