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December 1, 2009
| Edited by Managing Editor: Wes Iversen |
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Create Intelligent Wireless Sensor Networks >>
The National Instruments wireless sensor network (WSN) platform delivers battery-powered nodes that offer industrial certifications, reliable networking protocols, and optional outdoor enclosures for long-term, stand-alone deployments. Explore the benefits of NI WSN measurement systems now.
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Simplify Advanced Motion Control >>
The new LabVIEW NI SoftMotion module and C Series motion modules combine the ease of use and I/O capabilities of NI LabVIEW graphical programming with the customization benefits of FPGA-based CompactRIO hardware, expanding connectivity to hundreds of servo and stepper drives from NI and third vendors. View tutorial.
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Advanced Control, Monitoring and more with Real-Time Math in LabVIEW >>
Learn how real-time math allows you to implement PID control and advanced control algorithms and signal processing for machine control and monitoring applications.
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Improve Parallel System Design >>
Use virtualization technology to run LabVIEW Real-Time and Windows XP side-by-side on a single industrial controller. New NI Real-Time Hypervisor software combines the power of the LabVIEW Real-Time Module with general-purpose OS capabilities to reduce overall system cost and size. Take the NI Hypervisor tour.
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Design Guide: Build Better Machines, Faster >>
Download this comprehensive machine design guide to learn step-by-step best practices for designing your next machine.
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OPC Xi Interface Approved
OPC Express Interface will enable both .Net clients and existing OPC Classic clients to access OPC Classic servers at the same time.
The OPC Foundation (www.opcfoundation.org) announced on Nov. 16 that its board of directors recently voted to add Express Interface (Xi) to the OPC Foundation technology portfolio, complementing OPC UA (Unified Architecture) and older, OPC Classic technologies. OPC is an open communication standard.
OPC Xi is a new interface based on Microsoft .Net Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) technology, the Foundation said. It is specifically designed for secure reliable access to real-time, historical and alarm and event-based information.
The OPC Xi interface is the result of collaboration among several OPC vendor companies from the process industry to develop an easily integrated and secure solution for a variety of plant communications. OPC Xi was developed with the primary goal to provide a .Net-based migration path from OPC Classic, based on Component Object Model, an earlier Microsoft technology. OPC Xi may also be used as a standard .Net WCF interface for newly developed OPC servers.
“The OPC Foundation Board of Directors has adopted Express Interface (OPC Xi) as a standard OPC interface. OPC Xi has been designed as a complementary interface that enables both .Net clients and existing COM-based OPC Classic clients to access OPC Classic servers at the same time. OPC Xi can also be used as a standard OPC interface for newly developed .Net servers,” said Thomas J. Burke, OPC Foundation President. “The OPC Board of Directors has taken this action in response to feedback from members asking for a backward-compatible .Net interface for OPC Classic servers..."
Read more For more on OPX Xi, see Editor in Chief Gary Mintchell's Feed Forward blog, here: http://bit.ly/8BPmPN and here: http://bit.ly/7iClug |
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Rockwell Automation Makes a Splash in Anaheim
Rockwell Automation Inc. (www.rockwellautomation.com) held its annual users’ gathering Nov. 9-12 this year at the Anaheim Convention Center in California. More than just a two-day trade show featuring new product releases from the Milwaukee-based supplier and its partners, Rockwell each year sponsors several events at the same location. The 2009 version kicked off on Monday... Read more
European User Group Approves WirelessHart
NAMUR (www.namur.de), a European-based international user association of 121 member companies in the chemical/pharmaceutical processing industry, has concluded that WirelessHart technology meets the requirements for wireless sensor networks in process applications, according to a Nov. 17 release by the Hart Communication Foundation. by the Hart Communication Foundation (HCF, www.hartcomm.org)... Read
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Honeywell On Recruitment Spree, Still Bullish On India
Honeywell Automation India (www.honeywell.com/sites/acs/hail) is expecting to recruit about 1,000 employees in India next year, as it was anticipating the economy would rebound, says Honeywell Automation India Managing Director Vimal Kapur. This year, the company has recruited about 700 employees for the group. It currently employs... Read more
Automation Awareness, Sustainable Growth Drive Asia-Pacific PLC Market
The increasing awareness of automation and the sustainable growth prospects in major end-user industries have galvanized the Asia-Pacific programmable logic controller (PLC) market, encouraging it to live up to its impressive potential, according to a recent report from global consulting firm Frost & Sullivan (www.frost.com). Asia-Pacific end-users have begun to prefer automation to manual systems to optimize processes and thereby... Read
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IQPC's SCADA and Control Systems Security Summit
At SCADA & Control Systems Security Summit, policymakers, regulators, technology experts and utility practitioners will guide you in determining your system's exposure to attack and how to protect it from such threats.
Washington D.C. Dec. 7-9, 2009. |
Automation Technology Expo WEST 2010
Attend Automation Technology Expo West to find the latest products and technologies you need to reduce costs and increase productivity-no matter what product you manufacture.
Anaheim, CA. Feb. 9-11, 2010. |
daratechPLANT 16th Annual Plant Industries Conference
DIGITAL PLANT 2010 is the premiere plant lifecycle conference for the chemicals, power, oil and gas, offshore, and pharmaceuticals industries.
Houston, TX. March 1-3, 2010. |
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SAE 2010 World Congress
It's the one-and-only event that brings the automotive industry's engineering talent together at one time. Congress provides a highly interactive atmosphere perfect for sharing knowledge.
Detroit, MI. April 13-15, 2010. |
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