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June 2008 |
Sponsor: National Instruments |
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With graphical system design, you can rapidly design, prototype, and deploy embedded systems using intuitive graphical programming software with tightly integrated, off-the-shelf hardware. Take advantage of the NI LabVIEW graphical development environment to interface with common third-party tools to model and simulate your design. Improve the design by seamlessly prototyping with real-time computing, FPGA processing, and modular I/O. Deploy the design to either off-the-shelf or custom hardware for shorter design cycles.
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Sponsor: ARC Advisory Group |
ARC Advisory Group's Asset Lifecycle Management Forum
Fast access to complete, accurate asset information is the foundation for operational excellence in Asset Lifecycle Management. Learn how your peers have implemented best-in-class programs at ARC Advisory Group's Asset Lifecycle Management Forum: Optimize Asset Lifecycle Performance through Better Asset Information Management, October 13-15, Houston.
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| Featured Articles |
Electrical Design Software
Control Engineering, June 2008
By Renee Robbins
Use of electrical CAD software is driving productivity gains for panel builders, system integrators and end users by adding layers of intelligence to two-dimensional drawings.
Like Laying One Stone on Another
Control, May 2008
By Jeff Miller
What is object-oriented programming? It’s an approach that uses programming techniques to encapsulate code and support reusability for common recurring functions, promoting code modularity.
Ingredients for Success
Control Engineering Asia, April 2008
By Jim Ricigliano
In all areas of manufacturing and pharmaceutical companies particularly, adopting new information technologies has become serious business. Collaboration, real-time, agility and visibility are words used to describe the desired end results and how production and business processes should work.
Alarm management life cycle provides process insight
Plant Engineering, April 2008
By Prasad Pai, GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms
As HMI/SCADA systems transition from being visualization tools to analytical tools, alarm management systems have gained importance and are now central to the success of an effective control system.
Automating change
Process Industry Informer, April 2008
By Colin Watson, Imass
Plant designers that haven’t yet turned to intelligent CAD software are shooting themselves in the foot competitively, while risking the wrath of industry egulators, says the author.
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| Resources & Literature |
National Instruments offers 6,000 drivers for control
Instrument drivers make it easy for users to connect to and control stand-alone instruments from more than 275 vendors.
Free Electrical Design Trial Software
EPLAN improves the engineering design times, costs and quality of Electrical Control Systems, Fluid Power Systems, and Instrumentation & Control Systems.
National Instruments Measurement and Control Designer CD
Up to 64 percent of your process or manufacturing application costs are spent on system configuration and development tine. In addition to hundreds of development resources, the FREE CD helps you select the best software and hardware for your system requirements.
Latest Version of EMC2 Available for free download
EMC2 is a software system for computer control of machine tools such as milling machines, cutting machines, robots, hexapods, etc. EMC2 is free software released under the terms of the GNU GPL (General Public License). EMC2 is a descendent of the original EMC software, which is in the Public Domain.
Original Software starts web site for software testing
ManualTesting.com is a community site with free resources designed to alleviate the headaches caused by the burden of time-consuming manual testing on QA departments.
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| | Application Stories |
Samsung Techwin Develops Real-Time Engine Simulation System
By: Moon Sohk Chae, Power System Research Center
Developing a proper engine simulator was vital to our ability to verify the safe and reliable functioning of the gas turbine engine controller we were developing. To implement a safe and highly perfected engine controller, we had to come up with a method of verifying the controller hardware and its algorithm before they could be integrated with an actual engine.
PCs Cover Coating System Control
Control Engineering, June 2008
By Norm Hardy, Semicore
To automate its vacuum coating and etching systems, Semicore installed an HMI and control package based on Beckhoff's C6330 industrial PCs, CP7802 control panels, TwinCAT automation software, distributed I/O networked over Ethernet TCP/IP via bus couplers, Ethernet switches, motors, and servo drives.
Emerson software helps Minnesota power plant improve operations - 05/29/08
Results include a 70 percent improvement in ramp rate, from 2 MW/min. to 7 MW/min.; 2 MW reduction in over/undershoot; and a 4 PSI average decrease in throttle pressure.
Die Is Cast for FPGA Control
Control Design, April 2008
By Paolo Catterina, EUROelectronics
EUROelectronics was asked to design a closed-loop hydraulic cylinder control system for a die-casting press machine. We previously used a Moog programmable controller with a Moog servo valve. We needed more complete control of the hydraulics by extending PID to control pressure. We used the NI CompactRIO with an FPGA architecture.
Drivven Prototypes FPGA-Based Engine Control System Using NI CompactRIO
By Carroll G. Dase, Drivven, Inc.
Drivven needed high-performance hardware to prototype an engine control system for a Yamaha YZF-R6 motorcycle. Engine control requires deterministic loop times on the order of milliseconds and precise fuel and spark timing on the order of microseconds.
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| Featured Training |
Emerson Mine seminars cover predictive automation
Smart Mine seminars demonstrates how predictive automation technologies can solve mining application challenges.
Microsoft Robotics Studio and Coroware ClassPack Training
July 8-9, 2008 Redmond, Washington
CoroWare will be holding a course and hands-on lab on Microsoft Robotics Studio and CoroWare ClassPack at the Microsoft Partner Solutions Center.
Coroware announces ClassPack robot simulator software
ClassPack is for educators who cannot purchase multiple robots. By using ClassPack, students can write robotics code that will run in simulation and on a real robot.
Run LabVIEW Code on Your Custom Hardware Webcast
By National Instruments
In this introduction to the National Instruments LabVIEW Embedded Module, learn about a variety of ways to deploy your embedded system using only LabVIEW graphical programming. Look at ways a nonembedded system expert can write production quality embedded code.
Develop High-Performance Real-Time Systems with Multicore Technology Webcast
By National Instruments
Obtain an overview of how LabVIEW Real-Time uses each core in a multicore system, how engineers can have low-level control to reserve an entire core for a high-priority task, and how you can visually analyze code using the Execution Trace Tool.
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Search all Products by keyword, category, manufacturer or release date. | | Company & Organizational News |
InduSoft Launches Certified Integrator Program
Certification entitles integrators to discount pricing on runtime licenses, special pricing on InduSoft products, and free technical training--all without annual support fees.
Intergraph SmartPlant and PAS Integrity/DOC4000 to be integrated
Intergraph will integrate SmartPlant Enterprise with the PAS Integrity/DOC4000 to provide plant owners with a consolidated view of their control infrastructure.
Autodesk reports 1Q revenue of $599 Million
Autodesk reported revenue of $599 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2009, an increase of 18 percent over the first quarter of fiscal 2008.
Innova Robotics & Automation changes name to CoroWare
Innova acquired CoroWare Technologies in 2006 and prefers its logo and brand recognition.
Green Hills Software supports Xilinx Virtex-5 FXT FPGAs
Software includes INTEGRITY RTOS, C/C++ compilers, MULTI integrated development environment (IDE), virtual prototyping platform, and DoubleCheck static analyzer.
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| Application News |
ABB supplies Expert Optimizer software to Dyckerhoff cement plant
Dyckerhoff selected ABB's Expert Optimizer Collaborative Production Management software to optimize the raw mills, raw mix, kilns and cement mills at their Göllheim plant.
Honeywell to supply planning software to Rabigh Refining
Software includes ASSAY2, BLEND, Production Scheduler, Refinery and Petrochemical Modeling System (RPMS), and Production Analyst
GainSpan selects Green Hills Software for Wi-Fi Sensor Network
GainSpan provides Wi-Fi semiconductor and software solutions that enable sensors and other devices to run up to 10 years on a single AA battery.
Invensys to supply SimSci-Esscor Simulation Software to SunPine
Swedish bio-refinery SunPine will use Invensys SimSci-Esscor's PRO/II simulation software for modeling a new biodiesel refining operation.
Emerson installs Scenario Simulation at Fawley Power Station
In January 2008, Emerson installed Scenario simulation technology at this 40-year-old, oil-fired power plant in the UK to train operators.
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| Featured Events |
Webinar - Unleash the Power of OPC: Part 1, Developing custom applications with OPC & Visual Studio .NET
June 18, 2008 - 11:00a.m. EDT
Spend an informative hour with OPC and .NET experts who will show you the many ways that you can leverage OPC technology in your custom business and manufacturing software applications. Whether you are using the latest and greatest Visual Studio.NET technologies or using the time tested Visual Studio 6/VB/C++, this presentation is sure to open your eyes to how OPC can help you insure your custom applications integrate well in the OPC world.
Webinar - Unleash the Power of OPC: Part 2, Maximizing Your Information Integration Choices wth OPC Data Access, HMI/SCADA
June 26, 2008 - 11:00a.m. EDT
Spend an informative hour with OPC experts who will will help you build on, refresh, and extend your knowledge of how to use OPC Data Access in your manufacturing and business software applications. We're taking the presentation on OPC Data Access Applications from our highly popular vendor neutral OPC Road Shows series and bringing it to you online in the comfort of your own office.
17th CISM-IFToMM Symposium on Robot Design, Dynamics, and Control
July 5-9, 2008 Tokyo, Japan
ROMANSY2008 conference presents papers providing a vision of the evolution of the robotics disciplines and signaling new directions in which these disciplines are foreseen to develop.
NIWeek 2008 Graphical System Design Conference
August 5-8, 2008 Austin, Texas
Interactive technical sessions, targeted summits, hands-on workshops and exhibitions on the latest developments for design, control, automation, manufacturing and test.
ISA Expo
October 14-16, 2008 Houston, Texas
Organized around six core automation and control themes, ISA EXPO 2007 provides attendees a content-rich environment that offers unlimited opportunity for exploration of key technologies, professional growth, and interaction with like minded professionals.
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