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A good cellular automation solution based on TCP/IP networking provides anywhere/anytime connectivity and also offers security features that meet the most stringent requirements of industrial standards associations. Cellular automation is a cost-effective solution to customer problems, which integrating cellular data … Continue reading →

Color machine vision has its challenges. Systems can produce three times the data (or less than one-third the resolution) of a monochrome camera solution. Color can introduce more potential sources for imaging errors, more complexity, more cost, and require careful … Continue reading →

The Situation: One of the world’s largest energy producerswith diverse operations across the globe employed remote well monitoring technology. This enabled project personnel to not only integrate and access information from the field to the desktop, but also integrate workflows … Continue reading →

Resurgence of the Do It Yourself (DIY) community has driven a range of open networking platforms, giving aspiring technologists cheap and easy access to embedded development. Outside of hobbyist toys and educational devices, however, “hacker” boards are increasing performance and I/O flexibility, and … Continue reading →

It is the author’s opinion that integration of the controls networking and the IT networking is inevitable. It became inevitable the moment the controls industry chose to use Ethernet as the medium with which to communicate data. The controls industry may choose … Continue reading →