It’s giveaway time, just in time for the holidays! There are two giveaways in this month’s newsletter, so don’t miss out. There are also several informative articles you should check out. The first article gives you the top reasons to link to IT systems. Be sure to read the article “SCADA vs HMI” which can help you decide when you need a dedicated HMI vs SCADA system. We’re highlighting the new self-service returns tool which should be a big time-saver. It’s also time for the 2017 Control Engineering Engineers’ Choice Awards. Don’t forget to vote for your favorite automation products. Whatever you do don’t miss these great giveaways!
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2017 Control Engineering Award – Vote!The election is over, but you can still vote…for AutomationDirect, that is. The 2017 Control Engineering Engineers’ Choice awards highlight some of the best new control, instrumentation and automation products as chosen by CE’s readers and online subscribers. The editors of Control Engineering have named two products from AutomationDirect and Koyo Electronics as Finalists. Control Engineering awards – Vote now! |
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Linking Machines to IT SystemsOnce upon a time, individual machines were stranded on an island, or just linked to other machines using a few discrete I/O and dry contact relays. Then came machine-to-machine data links such as a proprietary PLC-based network. Today, and certainly in the future, machines are being linked to IT systems. But what are the benefits? Learn more about the benefits of linking to IT systems |
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SCADA vs HMISCADA systems used to be primarily for control and monitoring of complex distributed systems, such as in the oil and gas industry and utilities. Now that many embedded HMIs have remote access, mobile apps, data logging, HDMI outputs, USB ports, audio, and more, they are taking over functions that were traditionally SCADA system space. Read more on HMI and SCADA systems |
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