Presentations
Nearly 1,000 people participated in the Automation Developers Forum event series. Click on any of the PDFs or company logos below to learn more about the technologies presented at the event.
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Keynote: Technology breakthroughs enable customization for efficiency and reliability
Real-time software: operating systems, algorithms, and FPGA-based control
- Real-time operating systems: the foundation of a reliable control system (National Instruments)
- Beyond PID: advanced control algorithms for improved performance and the ability to handle process changes without retuning (CyboSoft)
- PDA-based measurement and monitoring for immediate, portable data access (Woodhead)
- Logic in silicon: programming embedded chips provides high speed and reliability (National Instruments)
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Evolutions in I/O: what's new from pneumatics to smart sensors
- DAQ 101: building blocks and core technologies for measurement and control (National Instruments)
- Smart sensors: using TEDS to simplify maintenance and system setup (Watlow)
- Pneumatics: advanced algorithms and intelligent value terminals (Festo)
- Incorporating predictive maintenance into machine control systems (National Instruments)
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Integrating machine vision and custom motion control into new and existing systems
- Incorporating vision to improve quality and control production (National Instruments)
- Infrared: taking vision beyond the visual spectrum for machine monitoring and thermal analysis (FLIR)
- Precision motion control: motors, stages, drives, and bearings (Parker Bayside)
- Precision motion control: software and controllers (National Instruments)
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The future of communication: operator interfaces, Ethernet, buses, and wireless
- Ethernet: commercial technology ported to the plant floor (National Instruments)
- Gateways: Communicating over any industrial bus (Woodhead)
- Wireless technologies for portable and remote applications (Data-Linc)
- Adding local and remote operator interfaces to any control system (QSI)
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