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Cognex  Easy Builder for In-Sight EasyBuilder -- intuitive configuration software for step by step setup of your vision application. No need for programming! Vision systems have never been so simple. View the Video Demo, Enter to Win an iPod® Click Here! User conference: Exiderdome leads off Siemens Automation Expo
Siemens Energy and Automation plans to "unleash the imagination" with its exiderdome traveling industrial automation expo followed by the 2008 Siemens Automation Summit. IPC market: Will DIN-rail PCs with I/O revolutionize industrial PCs? Market study reports that DIN rail PCs with incorporated I/O are going to have a lasting impact on the worldwide industrial PC market. Controllers: NI introduces high-performance Compact FieldPoint New controllers promise increased performance, higher processor speed and improved Ethernet throughput. Ethernet PLC: New models for Ethernet PLC family Enhanced range of small PLCs for Ethernet TCP/IP
Extreme multicore: 8-core microprocessor Development tools providers rush to support extreme-multicore device. Open source IDE: Freescale IDE moves to Eclipse Major revision to Freescale’s cross-platform integrated development environment makes it easier to learn, use, and support.
HE motors: Prepare for high-efficiency mandates Part of the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) addresses efficiency levels of industrial electric motors, and will go into effect December 2010. High-torque steppers: Enhanced-design stepper motors, more torque Enhancing magnets in the stator claimed to provide more than 25% more torque output across the entire speed range. Stepper drive: OEM controller/driver adds CANopen QuickSilver added a CANopen option to its smallest closed-loop stepper-motor controller. Embedded drive: PC-mounted servo drive upgrade Compact Accelnet-Micro drive, built onto user PCBs, simplifies mounting, cabling, and connectors.
Vision systems: Machine vision gets smarter Market growth in machine vision is above the average for industrial automation in general. Tax incentives: Investments in robotic automation, tax breaks Tax incentives said to benefit small companies who install capital equipment. Factory automation: ISA100 wireless notes Minutes for the June 18 Factory Automation Study Group teleconference posted on group's ftp site. Book Review: ISA publishes new reference by U.S. patent attorney Automation professionals, manufacturers, and business owners need to protect inventions, ideas, and services created within the workplace. Online: Swarm robotics: Debugged naturally for 120 million years James McLurkin, MIT roboticist, explains three globally important things engineers should do.
In print: Modeling Hybrid Control Systems Hybrid control systems arise from computer-aided control of continuous processes in manufacturing, communication wide area networks, traffic control, and industrial process control.
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Trends affecting embedded systems Control Engineering senior editor C.G. Masi explores trends affecting the embedded systems community with Ariana Drivdahl, Moxa product manager for embedded computing & industrial wireless.
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