Boy Scout Programming Merit Badge
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Boy Scout Programming Merit Badge

During the summer of 2015, while many Scouts were going to traditional summer camps, a group of Scouts from the Twin Rivers Council in New York spent a week at STEM Camp where they participated in Electronics, Engineering, Surveying, and Programming Merit Badges. The Scouts were thrilled to learn how to program the same PLCs that…
Introducing Automation VIDEO Cookbook!
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Introducing Automation VIDEO Cookbook!

Learn how to automate a particular function, brush up on an automation topic or just pick up a few tips and tricks to make your life easier and save time and money. You’ll find it in the Automation VIDEO Cookbook from AutomationDirect. The initial release of the Automation VIDEO Cookbook has four chapters: Temperature Sensing – RTDs…
AutomationDirect Adds Application Topics to Online Video Library
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AutomationDirect Adds Application Topics to Online Video Library

AutomationDirect’s online video tutorial library now offers the Automation Cookbook, a collection of short video chapters covering a wide variety of automation application topics. Each chapter starts with a “U can do it!” overview, which explains the capabilities and usefulness of a specific automation task. There is also a group of “Tech Tips” videos in…
First Team Honoree
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First Team Honoree

AutomationWorld’s “Leadership in Automation” program highlights preferred suppliers as identified by their readers across more than two dozen automation technology categories. Now in its fifth year, the program remains relevant as technologies change and supplier preferences shift based upon needs, and/or peer recommendations. Allegiance to a particular brand or resentment toward another brand may last…
2015 Engineers’ Choice Awards
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2015 Engineers’ Choice Awards

The annual Control Engineering Engineers’ Choice Awards program recognizes categories of control, instrumentation, and automation products, revealing the best of those products as selected by their readers. Established in 1954, Control Engineering is recognized as the global information leader for the automation engineers who design, implement, maintain and manage control/instrumentation systems, components and equipment. The…
STEM Certification for Forsyth Central
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STEM Certification for Forsyth Central

Forsyth County, Ga, April 14, 2015 — AutomationDirect was recognized as a key business partner that helped Forsyth Central High School receive their Georgia DOE STEM certification. There are over 2,200 schools in Georgia and Forsyth Central is only the 6th high school in the state to achieve this honor. We want to congratulate the…
Try Our New Web Store Feature
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Try Our New Web Store Feature

Have you seen our latest e-commerce feature? You can now view product-specific videos without leaving the product detail pages of our Web store. This new feature has enabled us to integrate videos directly into our store pages as opposed to sending you to an external link. Using the Feature So, how does this new feature…