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Cyber Automation
Words and pictures are fine, but they don't move. Come explore additional online resources on automation. Watch videos and listen to podcasts and enhance your understanding of the subject matter.
11/06/2007
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See the additional online resources on automation we have put together for you:
- November 2007 Control article, Automation Comes Alive
- November 2007 Control article podcast, Podcast: Automation Comes Alive
- Wireless SCADA Video Presentation 1
Several videos include formerly static supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) screen captures, which now come to life, with users narrating how they use function blocks to build applications. - PLC and Ladder Logic
“Ladder Logic and a PLC” shows visitors how to use on-screen programming to make water-sensor signals actuate a pump motor. - Hovercraft model PID controller
PID loop control is demonstrated by a user controlling a tabletop-based hovercraft. - Process Control 1
“Process Control 1” shows how a user establishes a set point in another control loop, and it’s followed by a series of short instructional entries. - Yaskawa Motoman plays taiko drums
Two of Yaskawa’s Motoman robots are programmed to play Japanese taito drums in a lab and then in a parade. - PLC Christmas Lights
An Allen-Bradley SLC-50 PLC is used to coordinate a large house’s Christmas lights to flash in time to a rock version of “God Bless You Merry Gentlemen.” - Autonomous blimp stage 2
Another PLC is used to control small motors on propellers on a Mylar blimp, allowing it to follow and adjust its course around a large classroom.
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