Manufacturing Industry Views & Editorials
- Industrial Ethernet & the Arch Nemesis of AOL – The proprietary vs. open battle in two different worlds – Manufacturing Automation
- Generation X takes control – Baby-boomer management meets 20-something engineering culture, Manufacturing Automation
- Failure and Success: The study of Harsh Reality – Manufacturing Automation
- The Cure for Industry Incest – A formula for overcoming the sameness that plagues businesses in every industry
- My Rude Awakening – Reality always wakes us up with a jolt, but in the end it's kinder than fantasy – Manufacturing Automation
- Beauty and Wonder vs. Institutional Boredom – An 8th grade math teacher, the Jabberwock and a Soulless corporation conspire to destroy the enterprising spirit – Manufacturing Automation
- Pain versus Pleasure – Technology adoption as action or reaction, Manufacturing Automation
- Innovation displaces invention – The nature of 21st century technology is rehash rather than original research
- A Shining Future for Plug and Play Even in open architecture, you don't have to be a commodity if you give people what they want" – InTech
- The Religion of High Technology Hardware and Software are a lot more like religion than you might think – InTech
Open Architecture & Standards Battles
- Epiphany In Communist China – Information control is the same everywhere – Manufacturing Automation
- Linux and the Politics of Proprietary Solutions – Interview with the founder of the Linux PLC project – InTech
- A New View from Outside the Cave – What Big Blue teaches the controls industry about business strategy – InTech
Industrial Networking
- How to Add Web Access to Your Smart Device You can turn your product into an Internet appliance with an embedded modem or device server – Sensors Magazine
- Device Networking 101: Your First Installation – Control Engineering
- Magic black box links dissimilar networks – World Bus Journal
- Industrial Ethernet: The Next Wild West- The Industrial Ethernet Book
- How to Embed Network Capability into your Product – Part 1, Overview of industrial networks; Part 2, The nuts & bolts of embedded communications design; Part 3, Alternatives to "Doing it from Scratch" – Sensors Magazine
- Industrial Ethernet: The Death Knell of Fieldbus? – Manufacturing Automation
- Distributing Control with Ethernet and TCP/IP by Perry Marshall and John Rinaldi – Industrial networking's cast of characters is mind boggling. And it's hard to figure out how they all fit together. Consider some of the new industrial Ethernet protocols to see how they facilitate distributed control with intelligent devices. – Sensors Magazine
- Putting Sensors on Ethernet–A Good Fit or a Bad Idea? Ethernet is finding its way into machine control, even though it was never intended for embedded applications. The desire to use widely supported hardware and TCP/IP software means vendors are adding Ethernet ports to smart devices. Here's a look at the issues that users and OEMs must consider when using Ethernet at the lowest level. – Sensors Magazine
- English, TCP/IP, and Language Translation With the help of a skilled translator, four competing industrial Ethernet protocols can work together.
- Deja Vu All Over Again News is old things happening to new people – and it's no different in network technology.
Intelligent Appliances
- Brains and Brawn—The Power of Smart Batteries Legions of wireless products and industrial appliances have built-in rechargeable batteries. Embedded intelligence can minimize user intervention, reduce charge time, and dramatically increase battery life by optimizing power management – Sensors Magazine
International Business
- Asia's sleeping giant wakes up – The juggernaut of Chinese commerce takes on the world, and steps you should take if you want to do business in China. By Perry Marshall and Fred Zhang – Manufacturing Automation
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