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Embedded Automation Products, News, Articles, Events & Resources
Welcome to the Automation.com portal for Embedded Automation where design engineers of products for industrial, process, and building automation industries can find the latest information to create innovative products. Technologies and products covered on this portal include new components, connectors, power components, communications stacks, embedded software, and other real-time components.
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Articles
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Major Automation & Control Trends in 2012
- 01/16/12 Automation.com, January 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor Here are my thoughts on major automation and control trends in 2012. These opinions are based on a wide range of inputs from users, suppliers and industry consultants, and from attending numerous industry forums, conferences and trade shows every year. |
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Highlights from PI NA General Assembly Meeting 2011
- 01/09/12 Automation.com, January 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor The 17th Annual PI North America General Assembly Meeting was held October 4-6, 2011 in Phoenix, AZ and included vendors and users who provided updates on PROFIBUS and PROFINET technologies. Topics included PROFINET survey, GE IP, Chrysler-Fiat, Wireless and PROFIenergy. |
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Ethernet Inside the Intelligent Device
- 02/04/12 Automation.com, February 2012 By Jessica Forguites, Rockwell Automation Embedding Ethernet switch technology into devices brings new advantages to high-performance applications. It simplifies machine design, configuration and maintenance. |
White Papers
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Real Time Control Over the Web
- 11/17/11 Automation.com, November 2011 By Steve Jahnke, Galixsys Networks Devices make use of the Web to send and receive data, usually from a cloud service or backend server. Most of the inherent latency and processing problems of the web can be removed if XML document passing is not used as the means to transmit generic commands. |
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Machine Design Guide
- 09/21/11 Automation.com, September 2011 By Christian Fritz, et al, National Instruments Faster, better, and cheaper is the name of the game for machine and device designers. This machine design guide examines the best practices and tools that successful machine designers use to make different design trade-offs, meet design challenges, and increase profit. |
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Build Versus Buy
- 08/16/11 By National Instruments National Instruments presents information and data regarding some of the cost differences between building a custom solution versus using NI off-the-shelf tools. NI's Graphical System Design ‘Build vs. Buy’ Calculator shows the financial differences. |
Application Stories
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Detecting oscillations in the variable frequency drives of large industrial blowers
- 02/04/12 Industrial Embedded Systems, January 2012 By Juerg Roth, ABB, and Klaas A. Vogel, Elsys Instruments As the electronics within them have advanced, modern VFD controllers and motors require more than conventional measurement tools to diagnose, troubleshoot, and fine-tune the system and ensure overall reliability. Here’s how ABB diagnosed a VFD system installed in a blast furnace blower. |
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Axis uses MIPS32 34Kc processor in video cameras
- 11/21/11 The indoor AXIS Q1602 and the outdoor-ready AXIS Q1602-E can deliver multiple, individually configurable H.264 and Motion JPEG video streams simultaneously. |
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Nordic ID uses austriamicrosystems AS3992 RFID IC
- 09/13/11 The AS3992 powers the Nordic ID NUR-05W reader, one of the the smallest UHF RFID mass reading Windows CE devices on the market. |
Resources & Literature
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IEC 61499 Function Blocks for Embedded and Distributed Control Systems Design, 2nd Edition - $99.00
IEC 61499 is the standard for distributed control systems that follows on from the IEC 61131 standard for programmable logic controllers (PLC). This book is a practical guide for component-based development of distributed embedded and control systems as proposed by this international standard. |
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Advantech product selection guides, solution or product catalogs, case studies
Advantech offers a number of solution guides, product selection guides, catalogs and case studies - many are available in PDF format. The eAutomation Solutions Catalog introduces a full range of products, focusing on the following vertical sectors: Machine Automation, Power & Energy, Building Automation, Environment Monitoring Systems, Intelligent Transportation Systems, and Facility Management Systems. |
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igus puts product details on EPLAN
- 12/19/11 igus provides device data and linking CAE and production configurations on EPLAN. |
Training News
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Omnitron Videos Provide Continuing Education Credits
- 12/05/11 Omnitron has produced three online videos on connectivity and cabling that provide BICSI Continuing Education Credits (CECs). |
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Mouser’s Training Sites exceeds 1,000
- 06/28/11 Mouser.com features Product Knowledge training sites designed to educate electronic design engineers on the features, benefits, and applications of the newest technologies. |
Training & Seminars
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Featured Products
Product Announcements
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ACCES I/O announces USB-104-HUB 4-port USB hub
- 02/02/12
USB-104-HUB makes it easy to add USB-based I/O to an embedded system or to connect peripherals such as external hard drives, keyboards, GPS, wireless and more. |
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HARTING introduces har-flex PCB connectors
- 01/31/12
Based on a 2-row, 1.27-mm grid, har-flex offers all even-numbered models from 6 to 100 pins that allows for optimal utilization of PCB real estate |
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Technosoft introduces iPOS3602 MX embedded Drive
- 01/31/12
All basic motor control functions, as well as motion control and PLC features, are embedded onto this tiny drive that measures 55 x 26 x 13 mm. |
Company & Organization News
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WinSystems celebrates its 30th anniversary
- 01/18/12 Started in 1982 by Jerry Winfield, WinSystems manufactures industry-standard PC/104, EPIC, EBX, SUMIT-ISM and STD Bus computer boards, I/O modules, and enclosures. |
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Matrox Graphics to License Source Code of display software
- 01/18/12 Source code of M-Series drivers will be made available to approved OEM developers. |
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How China is Stealing Our Secrets
- 01/22/12 PD&D, January 2012 By Michael P. Collins U.S. Intelligence agencies say that both Russia and China steal technology information over the internet as a matter of national policy. It is hard to say if China is still the red menace from the cold war, or if they have morphed into a new form of winner-take-all amoral version of capitalism. |
Project News
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Marathon Technologies to supply EverRun software to HardwarePT
- 12/06/11 EverRun is a fault tolerant, high availability and disaster recovery software suite that creates a highly resilient application environment for Windows products. |
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Sealevel to supply carrier boards to GE
- 10/18/11 Sealevel will supply high performance custom carrier boards and industrial computers for GE Intelligent Platforms COM Express modules. |
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Advantech to supply computers to Industrial Video and Control
- 08/03/11 IVC provides IP-based video solutions by combining high-quality cameras, enclosures, and software for industrial, commercial, and military applications. |
Event News
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Industrial Supply 2012 Showcases U.S. Industrial Subcontractors
- 12/06/11 Leaders in the subcontracting business will be presenting their latest product developments in industrial materials to a vast audience attending HANNOVER MESSE. |
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HANNOVER MESSE 2012 focuses on sustainability
- 11/21/11 By adopting "greentelligence" as its keynote theme, HANNOVER MESSE 2012 has put the spotlight squarely on green technologies as a central growth driver for industry. |
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Deutsche Messe expands in Asia-Pacific region
- 07/27/11 Deutsche Messe expanded its office premises in Tokyo and signed a representative for Indonesia. |
Events
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