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Tag Archives: PLC

PLCs v PACs v IPCs

In the world of industrial automation, the terms PLC, PAC and IPC get thrown around [...]

18
Aug
Industrial and Building Automation: Making This Marriage Work
Industrial and Building Automation: Making This Marriage Work

I have a love/hate relationship with my technology. On one hand, I love that my [...]

03
Aug
Modbus: So Easy Your Grandparents Could Understand
Modbus: So Simple Your Grandparents Could Understand It

When I was 10 years old or so, I saved up enough money to buy [...]

13
Jul
The Cocktail Party Literacy Guide of EtherNet/IP
The Cocktail Party Literacy Guide of EtherNet/IP

I am not an engineer. I have a great deal of respect for the profession [...]

29
Jun
Enginerd Acronyms
How To Sound Smart (or at Least Literate) When Talking to Enginerds

I am always fascinated by acronyms. So many of them have different meanings depending on [...]

23
Mar
Active Directory for Control Engineers
Why Active Directory is Important to a Control Engineer

As a control engineer, you have enough technology to learn and maintain, and it’s not [...]

25
Aug
EtherNet/IP Communication vs. Allen-Bradley PLC Communication
EtherNet/IP Communications vs. Allen-Bradley PLC Communications

It’s no wonder that many control engineers confuse Allen-Bradley PLC Communications with EtherNet/IP communications. AB [...]

07
Jul
The Manufacturing Data Prison

I don’t know how you personally spend your days, but If you spent them traveling [...]

07
Jan
Siemens S7 protocol controller
Siemens S7 Controllers

Sometimes being too successful can lead to real problems. I’m thinking about the problems that [...]

03
Dec
connection rockwell and siemens automation systems
Connecting Rockwell and Siemens Automation Systems – Part 1

There are really no two bigger names in industrial automation than Siemens and Rockwell. Both [...]

17
Sep