Dean J. Petrone and Michael D. Stackhouse, Timken Research
Articles
Mechatronics and Motion Control
April 1, 1998
PC-Based Control Goes Real-Time
Personal-computer-based control is one of the fastest growing segments in machine control for monitoring a process and for discrete logic control of processes, such as material handling, machining, grinding, or gaging.Development of Windows NT by Microsoft (Redmond, Wa.) enabled PC-based real-time machine control to become reality.
By Dean J. Petrone and Michael D. Stackhouse, Timken Research