Top 10 articles of '05
Mark T. Hoske, Editor-in-Chief -- Control Engineering, 2/1/2006
Most popular articles of 2005 follow—measured by number of 'hits' (page opened) during each calendar month at Control Engineering's Web site. Results reflect readers' desire for trends, technologies, and tutorials to more efficiently design and operate their applications. Specific interests include economic influences, Ethernet, and loop tuning. Find links to the top 20 in this article at www.controleng.com/archive, January 2006, with the leading perennial favorites on proportional-integral-derivative (PID), ladder logic, and more.
No vacation for control stocks, September issue 'Market Update,' had a financials table for 13 automation, controls, and instrumentation companies. Phrases of extreme interest: 'recovered to nearly the all-time highs of December 2004,' and '2006 will be another strong year for capital spending.'
Ethernet Explained, January issue article, contains a napkin sketch of Ethernet's origins, a seven-layer table, and links to four related articles. With Ethernet as the leading means of communication with newly installed equipment (Control Engineering Product Research), a no-nonsense tutorial remains useful.
Flurry of Innovation, January issue, named 40 winners of the 2004 Editors' Choice Awards. The best technologies can help applications gain efficiency.
NEMA hails passage of U.S. comprehensive energy bill, Daily News, Aug. 2. National Electrical Manufacturers Association liked the soon-to-be law. Items of interest included more energy efficiency, power transmission reliability, and better electricity flow control.
Control Engineering Implementation Chronicles weblog, launched July 2005, offers real-time weekly wisdom about automation projects as they unfold.
AC Drives Simplify Complexity, November issue, Control Engineering research explains how drives augment control of ac induction motors. Torque control and energy savings are among attributes of 13 related products.
Small-footprint controller has HMI, January issue. Among Editors' Choice and Engineers' Choice Award winners, Allen-Bradley Pico GFX-70 (a Rockwell Automation nano-controller) integrated a graphic display, simplifying interaction.
PID loop tuning pocket guide, version 2, 'Information Control Monthly,' Feb. 10, 2005, mentioned two nearly unbeatable attributes: PID and 'free.'
Frequency Domain Analysis Explained, October cover story, suggests that sine waves can help analyze, understand, and improve feedback control systems. It includes useful links.
HART expects big benefits with enhanced EDDL specification, 'System Integration Monthly News' Sept. 1, 2005, had a great test-lab photo and screen shot illustrating 'revolutionary' enhancements to IEC 61804-2.
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Top 20 articles of 2005
Here’s a list of the top 20 most popular articles of 2005 on Control Engineering’s Web site by number of “hits” in a calendar month.
1.
No vacation for control stocks
2.
Ethernet Explained
3.
Flurry of Innovation
4.
NEMA hails passage of U.S. comprehensive energy bill
5.
Control Engineering Implementation Chronicles
6.
AC Drives Simplify Complexity
7.
Small-footprint controller has HMI
(Among
eight Engineers’ Choice Award winners)
8.
PID loop tuning pocket guide, version 2
9.
Frequency Domain Analysis Explained
10.
HART expects big benefits with enhanced EDDL specification
11.
Integrators do most work on PLCs, RTUs
12.
How to get lean, do Six Sigma
13.
Micro PLCs
14.
BP updates March 23 Texas City incident
15.
Grounding: Things not working right, don’t know why?
16.
Control Valve Cavitation
17.
RFID on the Production Line
18.
Fuel cells get small enough to power hand-held electronics
19.
Convergence of Near Field (NFC), RFID, and Wireless
20.
7 Lessons on Working with Asia
6 perennial favorites (before 2005)
Leading articles accessed in 2005, but written prior to 2005, follow.
1. Process
Controller Tuning Guidelines
2. Control
Engineering
Editors’ Choice Award Winners (List: 1987 to 2003)
3. Basics
of Proportional-Integral-Derivative Control
4. How
to read P&IDs (piping and instrumentation diagrams; Resource Center
registration required)
5. Loop
Tuning Fundamentals
6. Relay
Ladder Logic (Resource Center registration required)
Related articles
Calendar, statistical tyranny
OK, here’s the disclaimer, otherwise known as the small print at the bottom.
Many factors influ-ence what’s clicked into at www.controleng.com. These
include search engines; links from other sites; cross references to pieces in
Control Engineering print editions and online; email newslet-ters; our own top
10 and top 5 lists compiled monthly on our home page, department pages, and
in newsletters; and RSS feeds. Also, timing has something to do with it. If
an article’s posted mid-month, “hits” are split across two
months, so one posted early in a month can have more time for “hits.”
Whatever the influences, these are great subjects and worth time to read, or
read again.
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