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Understanding the JSON Data Format for Industrial Control Architecture

Understanding the JSON Data Format for Industrial Control Architecture

It is important to have some baseline understanding of JavaScript Object Notation, or JSON, one of the most common data exchange formats used in the connected industrial world today.


Mitsubishi Electric and ModuleWorks Unite To Strengthen Machine-tool Software Development

Mitsubishi Electric and ModuleWorks Unite To Strengthen Machine-tool Software Development

Mitsubishi Electric has partnered with ModuleWorks to advance digital transformation through the development of software for machine-tool simulation and CAD/CAM data integration.


News Dec 10, 2023 by Stephanie Leonida
Belden Announces Horizon: New IT/OT Software Suite For IIoT Solutions

Belden Announces Horizon: New IT/OT Software Suite For IIoT Solutions

Belden expands data engineering software with a new suite of IT/OT applications designed to simplify the user experience for advanced IIoT data workflows, easily integrated into AWS.


News Dec 08, 2023 by Shawn Dietrich
RoboDK and Open Robotics Enhance Robotics Simulation and Programming

RoboDK and Open Robotics Enhance Robotics Simulation and Programming

Robotic simulation creators RoboDK and Open Robotics have released hardware and software updates to advance robot application simulation and improve onsite integration.


News Dec 06, 2023 by Stephanie Leonida
Siemens and Microsoft Team Up to Excel Industry-wide Adoption of Generative AI

Siemens and Microsoft Team Up to Excel Industry-wide Adoption of Generative AI

Siemens and Microsoft have launched their jointly developed "generative AI-powered assistant," Siemens Industrial Copilot, to help workers with PLC programming and machine troubleshooting.


News Nov 23, 2023 by Stephanie Leonida
Realtime Robotics Augments Workcells With Optimization-as-a-Service

Realtime Robotics Augments Workcells With Optimization-as-a-Service

Troubleshooting robotic motion paths is best done before the first collision event causes a downtime headache. Realtime Robotics has launched a new service to help designers well in advance of failures.


News Nov 13, 2023 by Shawn Dietrich
Rockwell Automation Establishes New FactoryTalk Optix Portfolio

Rockwell Automation Establishes New FactoryTalk Optix Portfolio

Rockwell Automation has recently released its new FactoryTalk Optix Portfolio, featuring five core solutions to help users customize for their specific data visualization needs.


News Oct 31, 2023 by Damond Goodwin
SCADA Evolution: Next Open Automation (NOA) Platform From KEB

SCADA Evolution: Next Open Automation (NOA) Platform From KEB

KEB Automation aims to make data collection and visualization easier with its new open automation platform, NOA, designed for machine builders and plant engineers.


News Oct 30, 2023 by Shawn Dietrich
Siemens Announces SINEC: New Industrial Cybersecurity Testing Suite

Siemens Announces SINEC: New Industrial Cybersecurity Testing Suite

As industrial manufacturers increasingly rely on connected plant networks, cybersecurity is a growing concern, Siemens has recently released SINEC, a new security suite aimed to help.


News Oct 28, 2023 by Damond Goodwin
Uniting Manufacturing and Technology: Looking Back at SOUTHTEC 2023

Uniting Manufacturing and Technology: Looking Back at SOUTHTEC 2023

The SOUTHTEC show in Greenville, SC highlighted advancements in manufacturing technologies including design, CNC equipment, robotics, additive manufacturing, and quality services.


News Oct 27, 2023 by David Peterson
Create Your Own IIoT Tech Stack Project | Part 6: Node-RED Development

Create Your Own IIoT Tech Stack Project | Part 6: Node-RED Development

This article will explore the setup of Node-RED, the glue that will serve to connect all of the individual components of the solution that we have created up to this point.


Nvidia Targets Generative AI for Robotics with New Frameworks

Nvidia Targets Generative AI for Robotics with New Frameworks

At ROSCon 2023 this week, the release of the Metropolis and Isaac ROS 2.0 frameworks makes AI-powered robotics more practical and easier to develop.


News Oct 20, 2023 by Aaron Carman
Human Machine Interface (HMI): Controls and Data Types

Human Machine Interface (HMI): Controls and Data Types

An overview of HMI data types, input controls, output indicators, and message functions, the building blocks used to construct informative and appealing HMI applications.


Low-Code and No-Code Programming: Purpose and Strategy

Low-Code and No-Code Programming: Purpose and Strategy

Innovation has a single purpose: to create better solutions, meaning more efficient output with faster development and troubleshooting. It starts with the strategies used to program machines.


Advanced Web-Based HMI Project: Part 1

Advanced Web-Based HMI Project: Part 1

Taking web-based HMI design from a simulated project to the real-world environment. Part 1 introduces tag instances and attributes.


EPLAN And Dassault Announce Alliance for Better Design Collaboration

EPLAN And Dassault Announce Alliance for Better Design Collaboration

EPLAN and Dassault collaborate to create a synchronized cloud-based platform to support more efficient and effective system engineering and design


News Sep 27, 2023 by Shawn Dietrich
Panasonic Develops New Robotic Motion Teaching Technology

Panasonic Develops New Robotic Motion Teaching Technology

Panasonic Holdings Company helps to reduce programming time for collaborative robots by using a new variable impedance control method.


News Sep 14, 2023 by Damond Goodwin
Fluke Reliability Acquires Azima DLI to Add AI-Powered Vibration Analysis

Fluke Reliability Acquires Azima DLI to Add AI-Powered Vibration Analysis

Fluke Reliability has added new AI tools for monitoring and analyzing data to optimize machine health and prevent failures.


News Sep 13, 2023 by Seth Price
PygWalker Data Visualization Library - Part 2, Advanced Charting Display

PygWalker Data Visualization Library - Part 2, Advanced Charting Display

PygWalker is a useful tool to visualize data, with advanced features to make the data more constructive. This tutorial continues using the milling machine predictive maintenance dataset.


Managing Program Versions: Use Git to Commit and Track Files

Managing Program Versions: Use Git to Commit and Track Files

If you’re working collaboratively with teams in a corporate industrial setting and require a version control system for critical software or documents, Git is a must-have in your skillset.