I received this press release yesterday, from Lou DiSilvio, president of Industrial Telemetry, Inc. in Oklahoma. He's got a very interesting spin on mesh networking. Industrial Telemetry, Inc. Presents The SCADAMESH™ System with REALMESH™ Radios and the SCADAMESH 424 device. Industrial Telemetry Inc. is presenting this product at ISA WEST May 2-3 in Long Beach … [Read more...] about Here's something from the Department of the Nifty…
Touch screens the way things 'sposed to be!
Today, I had a very short meeting with Michael Levin, vice president and general manager of Immersion Corporation. Immersion is the company behind the tactile sensitivity controls in many simulators, the Sidewinder joystick from Microsoft, the BMW I-drive system, and systems in the Mercedes S class, Rolls Royce and some models of VW. Levin showed me a touch screen enhanced with … [Read more...] about Touch screens the way things 'sposed to be!
A new take on wet chemistry parametric sensors…
Bill Lydon, who has worked for just about everybody, and I had time for a five minute chat at National Manufacturing Week last month. He told me that a new company he's seen up in Menomonee Falls, WI had put together some very interesting designs for pH ORP, Conductivity, Toroidal, Resistivity, and so on. I was skeptical until I heard that the President of the company, … [Read more...] about A new take on wet chemistry parametric sensors…
Wireless– who's to blame?
It has come to my attention that I am being perceived to be very anti-Emerson. Nothing could be further from the truth. I admire Emerson greatly. Sometimes I have to bend the other way, to keep from coming across as very pro-Emerson. There are reasons why Emerson is number one. That's a lesson for another post...but it will be coming soon. In this space recently, I have been … [Read more...] about Wireless– who's to blame?
What about Wireless HART?
Ron Helson, Executive Director of the HART Communications Foundation agrees that the HART Wireless Working Group has run aground, at least temporarily, and he said, during a discussion of the disfunctional Venice meeting,"There will be a Wireless HART Standard! It might a little longer than we had hoped to get draft specifications, but there is strong support among Foundation … [Read more...] about What about Wireless HART?
