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Entries for the 'Manufacturing Automation & Intelligence' Category

Using Ethernet/IP Natively with TwinCAT

Traditionally a Beckhoff TwinCAT 3 PLC project would utilize EtherCAT as the primary network protocol for field network devices. In this blog we will review how you can reconfigure additional LAN ports on a TwinCAT IPC to act as an Ethernet I/P ...


Intro to Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)

Data is the currency in the world of technology. This incentivizes creating systems of data capture, storage, and search. In the automation space, many industries rely heavily on data to record and improve their manufacturing process.   Five ...


Image Processing Basics and How to Code Your Own Algorithms

Having a passion for image processing informs my work on machine vision projects and allows me to integrate my personal passions and professional expertise. Image processing intrinsically involves a lot of math and heavy computation. It is cruci...


DMC Wins the 2024 ICC Build-a-Thon

DMC’s team was proud to win first place at the Ignition Community Conference (ICC) 2024 Build-a-thon in Folsom, CA. After finishing first in a field of 24 Premier Integrators in a preliminary round, we faced BIJC Ltd in the final round of the c...


Advancing Manufacturing with Intelligent Automation

Manufacturing is increasingly reliant on intelligent automation. Recent events have proven that investments in automation can lead to competitive advantages—production can be scaled up or down quickly, rapid changes in the workforce can be more...


Epson Robots Getting Started Guide: Part 1 - Creating a New Project

This article is the first of a series to help explain the basics of creating a base project using Epson RC+, Epson's software for development and simulation of an industrial robotic application. Epson offers a multitude of dif...


Join DMC at Manufacturing in America 2024

DMC is excited to participate at this year’s Manufacturing in America conference on September 25, 2024 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan.  MiA is an annual conference held by Siemens and Electro-Matic. The two-day conference comprises ...


Join DMC at the 2024 Ignition Community Conference

Join DMC at the 2024 Ignition Community Conference (ICC) in Folsom, CA from September 17-19. The Ignition Community Conference's mission is to see new technology, share ideas, and find inspiration. In addition to attending ICC, we ar...


Programming a PLC to be a Game Console

PLC Code This past week, I took on the challenge of turning one of our IO demo kits connected to a Siemens PLC into a working game system. I chose to program the classic games Bop It and Simon Says as they would be easy to understand while still p...


FactoryTalk Optix Series 3 - NetLogic Overview and Examples

Overview NetLogic is C# code that is linked to Optix. Optix can call methods with parameters, set private C# variables, and has numerous C# Libraries integrated by default to assist with passing data between Optix and your C# code. Optix also...


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