This month's topic is Weintek products with Nikki Gonzales and Keith Moyer of Weintek North America. Vinny Endres from Bitmasked Automation also had some good insights as he uses the products regularly in agricultural applications

This month's topic was on things I am working on at American Beverage Depot again. This time it is in terms of what system integrators have to deal with in older plants where things are always changing and the main goal is to simply keep things running, improving...

Happy New Year! The topic for this webinar was a recap of last year, plans for next year, and a bit on AI and learning. My guest was Phil Scruggs, who has some interesting plans with the Jetson Orin Nano microcontroller and machine vision using AI. As usual it was a...

An overview of techniques I have used in learning Ignition, Beckhoff, CODESYS and AI. It also includes details on Ignition certification and costs, learning techniques and more.

An open discussion with some of the presenters at this year's inaugural OT SCADA CON. Next year's event will be held July 23-25, 2025 in Houston, and will be bigger and better! We also discussed other business topics, and potential opportunities to come. General...

Here I recap the training equipment I have designed and built over the past 8 years or so. My third revision of the enclosure kit is now available, and is built by GennFlex, a company in Chicago. I made a trip up there this week and learned a bit about what they do ,...

A wide ranging discussion with Alicia Lomas on industrial controls, manufacturing and life in general. Alicia has over 20 years or experience in manufacturing, programming and system design in a range of industries, from food and beverage to medical devices to process...

A discussion with Ashley Van Hoesen of Wolfe Evolution on OT Cybersecurity. She discusses how this can differ from IT Cybersecurity and provides actionable steps that can be taken. Some key points in the presentation: :31 Slideshow Start :39 Secure Inventory :43...