New WAGO Pro2 Power Supplies and Dc-to-DC Converters from AutomationDirect
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New WAGO Pro2 Power Supplies and Dc-to-DC Converters from AutomationDirect

March 16, 2022 – AutomationDirect has added WAGO Pro2 power supplies to their growing lineup of performance power products. These high-efficiency power supplies reduce losses, save cabinet space, and increase energy savings. With TopBoost, PowerBoost, and parameterizable overload behavior, WAGO Pro2 power supplies protect equipment and provide intelligent current and switching modes. The free configuration…
Issue 47, 2022
Issue 47 -2022

Issue 47, 2022

“It’s never that easy”. As a homeowner, I’ve learned that this is one of the truest statements ever spoken. Something that seems like an easy fix, in the blink of an eye, can become a lot more difficult. Case in point, my son, like most kids his age, is a serious gamer. But his games…
EMMA wins Design Competition at Georgia Tech
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EMMA wins Design Competition at Georgia Tech

By Michael Probst, BSEE ’22 The Georgia Institute of Technology Engineering Department requires two semesters of design experience, with a course known as “senior design”. Students divide themselves into teams of 4-6 students, often comprised of members from within a single department, or students can form interdisciplinary teams. The projects themselves come from three sources:…
BrainTeasers - Issue 47, 2022
Issue 47 -2022

BrainTeasers - Issue 47, 2022

Team Colors Joe, Bob, Sue, and Robin are members of an FRC robotics team.  Their team roles are, not necessarily respectively, President, Treasurer, Electrical Lead, and Mechanical Lead.  They wear (again not-necessarily-respectively) red, blue, black and green shirts. You are told that the President is better at math than Bob, and that Sue and the…
The CLICK PLUS PLC Wins the 2022 Control Engineering Magazine Engineers’ Choice Awards for the PLCs, PACs Category
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The CLICK PLUS PLC Wins the 2022 Control Engineering Magazine Engineers’ Choice Awards for the PLCs, PACs Category

AutomationDirect’s CLICK PLUS PLC is the next generation platform for delivering reliable and familiar functionality for basic control applications, combined with advanced features like Wi-Fi, data logging, and increased security measures. All starting at just $89! On February 7, 2022 the AutomationDirect CLICK PLUS PLC was announced as the Control Engineering 2022 Engineers’ Choice Awards…
Connecting AI to the OT
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Connecting AI to the OT

This greenhouse automation startup shows how AutomationDirect controllers are a flexible platform for connecting cloud-based artificial intelligence to practical operations manufacturing automation. Connecting AI concepts to age-old agricultural operations using modern IoT methods is the ambitious undertaking of Kenneth Tran and his team at Koidra. The resulting “artificial intelligence of things” (AIoT) is yielding positive…
Contemporary Controls Combined with Classic Camper Chic
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Contemporary Controls Combined with Classic Camper Chic

This retro-look travel trailer is custom-built using aircraft fabrication principles, and the all-electric support systems are automated and visualized using a PLC and other components from AutomationDirect. As a self-employed consultant with many years designing, building, and automation state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment, Scott Sutton is a hands-on guy. So, when his family came up with the…
Brainteasers - Issue 48, 2022
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Brainteasers - Issue 48, 2022

Changing a Penny Given the diagram below, what is the minimum number of “moves” to get the obverse penny (in square 10) to the far left end of the row (square 1).  The pennies may NOT be lifted from the page, nor can they leave the bold-bounded area.  When counting each “move” a penny can…
New General-Purpose, High-Performance, and Harsh-Duty AC Motors Available at AutomationDirect
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New General-Purpose, High-Performance, and Harsh-Duty AC Motors Available at AutomationDirect

December 15, 2021 – AutomationDirect has added a host of new motors from Regal Rexnord to its existing portfolio, including two new series of Marathon® motors and Leeson ® specialty motors. The new Marathon Globetrotter motors are high-quality 3-phase general-purpose motors that can be controlled by an inverter and are rated up to 200hp. Globetrotter…
Secure Remote Monitoring of Process Systems
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Secure Remote Monitoring of Process Systems

A solution using cloud-capable routers and cloud-based computing services enables streamlined and secure remote monitoring and access for process systems. Jonathan Griffith, product manager for AutomationDirect, wrote an article for the October 2021 issue of Processing titled Remote Monitoring Powered by Cloud Services. Here’s a summary, click on the link above for the full text….