Tag Archives: Embedded and PC-Based

With the FAA and EASA adopting aviation standards such as DO-178C and ARP4754A, UAV software developers should familiarize themselves with these standards, particularly when transitioning to model-based design. Few applications place more importance on verification, or prescribe more process guidance, … Continue reading →

Despite the first half of 2012 seeing an Asian market slowdown, with only a 3.7% growth in overall revenue from industrial automation equipment, the second half of the year showed definite improvement. The positive trend has continued in 2013, with … Continue reading →

When we asked respondents if their company has a hard time finding/hiring automationprofessionals, nearly 60% said “yes.” The job function that is hardest to fill, as identified by 61.9% of the respondents, is automation/control engineering. A distant second was instrumentation engineering (28.2%), … Continue reading →

Keeping a closer eye on these infrastructures is necessary not only to prevent loss of revenue, but more importantly, loss of life. Unfortunately, however, communicating with remote sites to proactively prevent equipment degradation is far from an easy task and … Continue reading →

For imaging applications that need to measure multiple colors, white LED lights have supplanted halogen and fluorescent lights for a number of reasons, including LEDs’ ability to offer a wider range of colors and varieties of “white” light, also referred to as … Continue reading →

Honeywell worked with the company to implement a Networking at its facility in Santiago, Chile. This center connects operating sites to essential facilities, creating a collaborative environment that is the key enabler for production improvement. Operational Benefits: Expertise is centralized in … Continue reading →

“The Raspberry Pi and Beagle family have done a lot to bring new people into the world of embedded development, and that is a wonderful thing,” says Scott Garman, Technical Evangelist, Intel Open Source Technology Center. “As the embedded community … Continue reading →

Many automation require that controls engineers log the data they gather. Regardless of whether this is done to follow certain laws and regulations, or simply as a feature of a particular product, the fact is that data must somehow be stored. … Continue reading →