If you’ve visited TheAutomationMinute.com lately, you’ve seen that I’ve started publishing a series of videos on the Micro800. Part of the reason for this is, while I still believe the MicroLogix 1000 is the best PLC to learn on (via my course at www.PLC-Basics.com) there’s no denying that the Micro800 is Rockwell’s new line of lost cost Micro…
I’m please to announce that my Micro PLC Basics training course, previously only available on DVD, has just been released for “Video On-Demand” streaming! Now anyone who wants to learn PLCs can watch my PLC video course in HD, on-demand from any internet connected video device (including smart phones and tablets!) And because it’s “video on-demand,” viewers no longer have to wait a week or more for the physical…
If you know someone who would like to learn PLCs, I may have exactly what they’ve been looking for. Not everyone is fortunate enough to work for a big company that will send them away for weeks at a time to formal factory training costing thousands of dollars. And while there are many self-study options out…
I’m very pleased to announce that Insights in Automation has launched it’s very own Kickstarter campaign to produce an affordable Automation Training DVD! Note: You can find out more about our Kickstarter Campaign on our companion sites listed below: Our official Kickstarter page (Kickstarter) Video tour of our Kickstarter project page How to make a pledge step-by-step The initial goal of the…
This week The Automation Blog reached it’s one hundredth blog post! For the last six months we’ve been bringing you new automation blogs each week, and in response our readership has grown each and every month. So in celebration of this “100th blog” milestone, we’re going to dedicate next week to a “Best Of” series of blogs featuring our most popular…
This weekend our “The Automation Blog” website moved here to it’s very own domain, www.TheAutomationBlog.com. This move was done to correspond with two upcoming sister sites, “The Automation Podcast” and “The Automation Minute.” While all new blog posts will now be posted here, past posts will also be available on our parent site, www.insightsinautomation.com, for the foreseeable future. Update: All blog posts are now only…
Welcome to “Insights in Automation.” Here you’ll find thoughtful insight into the world of industrial automation, including solutions to common (and not so common) problems, “how to” information, and first hand reports from my time in the field working with controls engineers implementing PLC, HMI, SCADA and MES solutions. Please feel free to join in the conversation by taking advantage of this site’s “post a comment or question”…