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Ixxat USB to CAN Compact V2 Cable Problems — Factory Automation Software Blog
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Factory Automation Software Blog. Merging modern software development with electrons and metal. Ixxat USB to CAN Compact V2 Cable Problems. We’ve used the original Ixxat USB to CAN compact interfaces for years without any problems. The Ixxat is inside the machine, with its USB cable (a type A male) attached to a L-Com panel mount USB adapter. Type A female to type B female), which is then connected to the external computer using a standard A to B USB cable. Readers who viewed this page, also viewed:.
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Factory Software Blog Download Page — Factory Automation Software Blog
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Factory Automation Software Blog. Merging modern software development with electrons and metal. Factory Software Blog Download Page. Unless otherwise stated in the file or directory, all files are covered by my Software. License (basically a reworded Lua license). For older files, please use the svn repository. In the future, I may change this page to only include ZIP files for each project; then you would have to use the svn repository to download individual files. User Language Programs (ulp). Gary Min...
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Cool Components VIII: Make Your Own Metal Buttons — Factory Automation Software Blog
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Factory Automation Software Blog. Merging modern software development with electrons and metal. Cool Components VIII: Make Your Own Metal Buttons. At the Design West 2012 / Embedded Systems Conference I had the opportunity to try out a unique technology: Microchip Technology’s mTouch metal over cap. Buttons. This technology provides the capability to fairly easily create affordable custom non-contact metal buttons. Readers who viewed this page, also viewed:. Best Industrial Equipment For The Garage.
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Another Way To Make Your Own Metal Buttons — Factory Automation Software Blog
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Factory Automation Software Blog. Merging modern software development with electrons and metal. Another Way To Make Your Own Metal Buttons. I have to say someday I’d like to make my own metal buttons. In the past, I’ve covered Microchip’s mTouch metal-over-cap technology ( here. Which uses capacitive technology. Microchip has a groovy app note. Which shows some of the ways you can use it, and has an eval kit available for $150 ( base mTouch kit. Plus metal over cap accessory kit. Awesome Pen Swag: Frixi...
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Robot Primer 13: Why Use Work Coordinates — Factory Automation Software Blog
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Factory Automation Software Blog. Merging modern software development with electrons and metal. Robot Primer 13: Why Use Work Coordinates. Since Work coordinates are transformed into Base coordinates in the end, why bother?  Why not just use base coordinates?  Here are some possible reasons; I’m sure creative programmers have come up with others. Using Work coordinates can be more natural. Using Work coordinates can save re-teaching points. Next I’ll look at some examples in more detail. Pick up the b...
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Free Programming e-Books from Packt — Factory Automation Software Blog
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Factory Automation Software Blog. Merging modern software development with electrons and metal. Free Programming e-Books from Packt. Packt Publishing is currently running a free e-books offer. With each book available for one day. So if you’re a developer or thinking about becoming one, it’s worth checking out every day until they discontinue it. (Last year, they did the same thing, but ran it for a much shorter period of time). Web standards (June 22, HTML5 Data and Services Cookbook. Ixxat USB to CAN...
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Awesome Pen Swag: Frixion Ball 05 from NEC/Tokin — Factory Automation Software Blog
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Factory Automation Software Blog. Merging modern software development with electrons and metal. Awesome Pen Swag: Frixion Ball 05 from NEC/Tokin. NEC Tokin Frixion Pen. NEC Tokin Frixion Ball 05. I swiped a lot of pen swag at the Photonics West 2015 Exhibition, but NEC/Tokin’s giveaway deserves to be highlighted: a Pilot Frixion Ball 05 retractable erasable pen with 0.5mm tip. My theory is that NEC/Tokin has been infiltrated by a secret pen addict – and I’m very thankful 🙂. Frixions do have a reputation...
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Good Stuff: Affordable 19″ Rack Mount Keyboard Drawer — Factory Automation Software Blog
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Factory Automation Software Blog. Merging modern software development with electrons and metal. Good Stuff: Affordable 19″ Rack Mount Keyboard Drawer. In the past at work we haven’t used rack mount keyboard drawers because all the models we could find were over $200. Instead, we designed our own that mounts on top of a rack mount PC. This design works fine, but it requires modifying the computer case. Which is available from Newark/Element14 here. Penn Elcom doesn’t provide a lot of information (...
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Common Equipment Failures — Factory Automation Software Blog
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Factory Automation Software Blog. Merging modern software development with electrons and metal. Most of the time, industrial equipment is rock solid. However over the years, I’ve noticed a tendency for certain products to have characteristic failures or problems. Examples:. MEI PCI/DSP Motion Controllers and blown I/O. The PCI/DSP is pretty expensive motion controller, and as befits its price, has opto-isolated I/O, but. Now it’s time for some screw-up stories that were totally operator error:. More r...
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Sometimes Paper Is Better Than Tech — Factory Automation Software Blog
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Factory Automation Software Blog. Merging modern software development with electrons and metal. Sometimes Paper Is Better Than Tech. If you’re one of the elite few who has followed my blog for a while, you know that I like quality pens, pencils, and paper, as well as technology such as 3D Mechanical CAD. This approach works well because:. A 2D file such as DXF or DWG, or 3D (by scaling the print or creating a projection). It’s much quicker to move the component prints around. A 19th Century Tech Bubble.