Monthly Archives:April 2013
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Apr 26 2013 Better HMIs Can Improve Human Accuracy and Maximize Production
By Andy The Automated machines replace humans for repetitive tasks, freeing humans for tasks that require decisions Ironically, human interaction introduces the inaccuracies that lead to…
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Apr 25 2013 Outsourcing Safety: Does it make sense?
By Andy The Outsourcing labor to reduce costs or to maximize efficiency makes sense, but I would never have predicted outsourcing safety. However, if you…
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Apr 24 2013 Machine Visions Systems are Multiplying in Manufacturing
By Andy The Here’s another interesting article from Industrial Automation about how a variety of machine vision systems are being implemented within the same manufacturing line. As…
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Apr 23 2013 Downloadable HMI Apps for Industrial Automation
By Andy The Following up on a previous post on touch and gesture HMIs, and their influence on industrial automation, here is an interesting article…
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Apr 22 2013 Is WinCE a Hard Real-time Operating System?
By Andy The There is a lot of debate whether WinCE is a hard real-time or soft real-time operating system. The answer is yes and…
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Apr 19 2013 The Future of Medical Imaging is Software Only Solutions
By Andy The Here is point-of-view paper from Texas Instruments on how medical imaging is trending toward using of DSPs. I totally disagree with its premise….
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Apr 18 2013 4 Predictions for Industrial Automation
By Andy The The demand for additional automation in Industrial markets is growing. With demand comes innovation and competition, elements that benefit all end users….
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Apr 17 2013 Vision and Robotics, the Next Frontier.
By Andy The As a follow-up to yesterday’s post about machine vision’s impact on industrial automation , it’s worth noting that robotics is another emerging…
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Apr 16 2013 EtherCAT and Vision, a perfect combination.
By Andy The I have posted recently on EtherCAT and its positive impact on Industrial Automation. EtherCAT’s high precision and high bandwidth provide a scalable and powerful backplane for industrial control….
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Apr 15 2013 FPGAs + Multicore CPUs: Not for all Embedded Designs
By Andy The I ran across this interesting article from EDN that discusses how FPGAs and multicore CPUs are impacting embedded designs. While I agree that multicore CPUs significantly impact today’sembedded designs, for…
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