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Wednesday, May 14, 2008 |
Ah, that cagey Jim Cahill at Emerson Process Experts is at it again. Previously he talked with one of the experts within Emerson and did a Foundation Fieldbus v Hart comparison. He said it was the most viewed post of his blogging history. So, here I am to help him beat that by pointing to this EDDL v FDT/DTM comparison. I'll not steal the suspense. But my take, as I twittered Jim, is that it's not a bad comparison given the Emerson point of view. I'll watch for the fallout ;-)
4:29:45 PM 
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Hmm, I was at the ABB Conference, but I didn't see anything about this release. The company has a new thin client application, IndustrialIT cpmPlus Smart Client. It is said to help customers "securely access their automation systems via an Internet browser for real-time visibility into the process from any location as long as a connection exists." It retrieves data from ABB's System 800xA and connected third-party systems. It not only provides graphical displays but also trending and statistical process control, alarm and event reporting and a Microsoft Excel interface.
3:36:47 PM
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I see Adept Technology has a new robot--an inverted SCARA designed for the packaged goods market. It's the Adept Cobra s800 and should find use in case and carton loading applications. The idea is that it saves floor space.
3:30:27 PM
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I'm a long-time fan of Levenger and Steve's "Well-Read Life" blog. Here's a life post that has some quite valuable thoughts about living in a time of change.
2:27:42 PM
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The new Microsoft concept vertical wall computer has hit the high tech blogs. Here's a post on TechCrunch. I wonder how this could revolutionize meetings (or is such a thing even possible?). Or, can you see this in the control room of the future?
2:25:29 PM
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Databases are getting to be more and more important in manufacturing. I've been following this database blog to try to see what new trends are happening. I had heard that there might be a new way of storing and sorting data. The second thing that is happening is "cloud" computing. This post of the database column answers some questions and asks others. But the all the concepts bear watching and understanding.
2:23:47 PM
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