Perry Marshall Technical Articles

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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