June Preview In June’s CONTROL Magazine: Editorial Are the Wireless Standards Stalled? SP100 has had real problems. They even at one point were not going to issue a true standard. Now, HART Wireless is in trouble too. What’s it going to take to not repeat the SP50 debacle? CONTROL’s Walt Boyes comments. Cover Story 14th Annual Salary and Benefits … [Read more...] about What's in Control for June 2006?
Are SP100 and HART Wireless Back on Track? Inquiring Minds Want to Know!
Here's a press release from ISA: Wireless Users Summit Discusses Standards for Industrial Automation Implementation Research Triangle Park, NC -ISA's Wireless Systems for Automation standards committee (ISA-SP100) and other interested parties met last week in Research Triangle Park, N.C. to discuss wireless technology implementation and standards development logistics. The … [Read more...] about Are SP100 and HART Wireless Back on Track? Inquiring Minds Want to Know!
Being the solution…AutomationDirect
TJ Johns, at AutomationDirect reports: The Forsyth Alliance, a rookie robotics team sponsored by AutomationDirect made up of students from local county high schools, recently competed in its Regional for the 15th Annual FIRST Robotics competition at the Gwinnett Civic Center near Atlanta. The team had 42 days to design, build, test, and ship a man-sized robot for the FIRST (For … [Read more...] about Being the solution…AutomationDirect
Back to work…
I'm back, still lisping, still with stitches in my tongue (ouch!) but the final pathology came back benign and I can take a big sigh of relief and get back to work. The May issue of CONTROL magazine is going to be a terrific one. We have: Bela Liptak's last installment of his series on controlling global warming Greg Shinskey on External Reset Greg McMillan on Advanced … [Read more...] about Back to work…
The immigration debate…
I'm going to talk politics for a minute. I know I usually stay out of it, but Jim Pinto's comments in his recent enewsletter (www.jimpinto.com) decided me that it was as relevant in a process automation blog as in any other forum. Pinto says he marched. I say I would have marched too, except I'm sick. I'm hoping to be able to march on May 1. I'll be in San Francisco for the … [Read more...] about The immigration debate…
