Tech Brief - HMIs
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Tech Brief - HMIs

Human beings are visual creatures. It’s believed that our brains can process visual information 60,000 times faster than text, with 90 percent of information transmitted to the brain being visual and over half of the brain being devoted directly or indirectly to vision. Knowing that, it’s easy to see how a visualrepresentation of an automated…
AutomationDirect Products Rank High in Control Design Readers’ Choice Awards
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AutomationDirect Products Rank High in Control Design Readers’ Choice Awards

Once again, AutomationDirect PLC and other products have been highly ranked as voted on by automation professionals. AutomationDirect PLCs, HMIs, and motion controllers were recently recognized in the Control Design 2023 Readers’ Choice Awards for several categories. You can find the magazine issue online here. Each year, Control Design invites readers who identify themselves as…
Brain Teasers - Issue 50, 2023
Issue 50 - 2023

Brain Teasers - Issue 50, 2023

Din-Rail Disconnect Move (only) one piece of DIN-Rail to form a square. Need DIN-Rail?  AutomationDirect offers: Cable Tie Tri Move 3 Cable ties to create 3 triangles: This is no brainteaser: Our SapiSelco brand cable ties are quality, Italian products, produced in a highly-automated factory.We offer general purpose types as well as special-purpose styles such…
Proof of Success: Crafting a Distillation Upgrade
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Proof of Success: Crafting a Distillation Upgrade

These University of Colorado—Colorado Springs students performed their capstone design project by using AutomationDirect products to optimize operations for a master distiller. A team of electrical and computer engineering students at the University of Colorado—Colorado Springs (UCCS) got a flavor of industrial automation and the taste of success as they designed and tested an automated…
C-more CM5 HMIs from AutomationDirect
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C-more CM5 HMIs from AutomationDirect

May 24, 2023 – AutomationDirect has added the next generation of the popular C-more HMI product line. The CM5 HMI series offers lower cost, high-performance HMIs in sizes from 4 inches to an impressive 22 inches. These HMIs have an amazing 1.6 GHz processor in the larger units (10” and above), 43 Mbytes of memory,…
New I/O, Communication, and Power Options for the Productivity Family of Controllers from AutomationDirect
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New I/O, Communication, and Power Options for the Productivity Family of Controllers from AutomationDirect

May 10th, 2023 – AutomationDirect has released several new modules for the Productivity family of controllers. Two new lower-cost, high-resolution, four-channel analog input modules, supporting current (0-20 mA) or voltage (0-10 VDC) signals, are now available for the Productivity1000 PLC. The ProductivityOpen Arduino-based controller line now offers a 2-port serial communications shield that provides a…
Wenglor TPL Vision Lighting from AutomationDirect
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Wenglor TPL Vision Lighting from AutomationDirect

May 3rd, 2023 – AutomationDirect has added new Wenglor TPL series vision lighting components to their Barcode/RFID/Vision products.  Vision lighting provides the proper amount of contrast, brightness, and uniformity to an imaging surface so a good image of the code or object can be achieved. Built using high-quality LEDs, these Wenglor lighting components offer several…