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 […]
Click here for Oil&Gas Live Stream Picture from the live stream stream is live if there is a red dot We have created a simplified Oil&Gas separation model in Spike, and left it playing back an event list live on Youtube. But you can also interact with it live. Ever wanted to see what exactly an […]
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 […]
When the wall street journal starts talking about IT departments reimagining their roles by adopting Agile methodologies to fuel experimentation and prototyping in order to reshape the way their companies work, you know the concept has not just gone mainstream; it is mainstream. In this article on software defined everything ,they touch upon software defined networking […]
Serialisation wireframe overview Serialisation. This compelling event for the pharmaceutical industry is now being tackled by the OPC foundation Open-SCS working group. Though a bit late to the game for a number of markets, its still of value for all future implementations for new drugs. One of their main objectives is to standardise the data […]
