First there was the mechanical drum switch, an important control device that has controlled (amongst other things) washing machines and the like for a long time. A Cam timer (courtesy Wikipedia) https://goo.gl/images/rjHcf1 This evolved into the more flexible software programmable PLC sequencer . The latest version of Spike Prototype has a built in logic sequencer for rapid […]
Extending spike functionality with Chrome browser extensions One of Spike’s strengths is the fact that the front end is web-browser based, and the application is Azure cloud based. This means that you can take advantage of the vast ecosystem of collaboration Software and browser plugins to augment and extend its functionality. This is particularly powerful […]
A couple of years back, whilst I was between train-wreck automation project contracts, I somehow got to looking at overall factory floor integration in the context of modern internet software development technology that was upending every other industry except ours. The more I looked at industrial automation, the more I thought that the only way […]
Requirements capture with Spike
We know that process engineers are busy and possibly don’t have time to learn yet another simulation modelling package.With Spike, you don’t have to . Python is there if you need it, but videos and the use of the macro recorder to record behaviour will get you quite far very quickly. See our video website […]
