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Welcome to Control Intelligence, a ControlDesign.com podcast that goes deep inside the automation and technology that machine builders, system integrators and end users rely on to keep production humming efficiently

  1. HACE 3 DÍAS

    Digital twins usher in a new era for motion-control programming

    In factories, motion control systems are more complex than ever. Multi-axis machines, integrated robotics and tight production schedules leave little room for trial and error. For decades, programmers have had to wait until the first machine was assembled to test their code, often discovering issues once it was most costly to fix them. In this episode of Control Intelligence, written by contributing editor Joey Stubbs, editor in chief Mike Bacidore discusses motion control digital twins.

    7 min

  2. 29 SEP

    The key to state machines in industrial automation

    There are many applications in the industrial automation realm that benefit from state machines. Therefore, it was surprising to hear from an industrial programming specialist who says he does not like state machines and was adamant about their not working. In this episode of Control Intelligence, written by contributing editor Tobey Strauch, editor in chief Mike Bacidore discusses state machines.

    8 min

  3. 22 SEP

    Ac vs. dc motors: Which one should you choose?

    Control systems use direct current (dc) motors for many applications. Many systems displace dc with alternating current (ac) technology because ac motors are more cost effective and lower maintenance than a dc motor with brushes. But are they? In this episode of Control Intelligence, written by contributing editor Tobey Strauch, editor in chief Mike Bacidore discusses ac and dc motors.

    7 min

  4. 8 SEP

    The dos and don'ts of troubleshooting industrial Ethernet failures

    It has become a de facto standard in plants and machines for interconnecting systems and in fact individual devices. So, what happens when it fails? What would make it fail? In this episode of Control Intelligence, written by contributing editor Jeremy Pollard, editor in chief Mike Bacidore network-troubleshoots dos and don’ts.

    6 min

  5. 2 SEP

    Echolocation Episode: How have views on RS-232 changed?

    In 2023, the Control Intelligence podcast on RS-232 was greeted with immediate popularity, and it remains an often-downloaded podcast episode. Electronic Design, an EndeavorB2B partner brand, republished the podcast episode, initiating some feedback from listeners. Hear their stories, and revisit the original podcast, in this refreshed Echolocation Episode.

    13 min

  6. 25 AGO

    How will the One Big Beautiful Bill Act impact controls engineers?

    In this episode of Control Intelligence, editor in chief Mike Bacidore is joined by Mike Devereux and Tim Finerty from national accounting and consulting firm Wipfli. Mike Devereux is a partner at Wipfli in the St. Louis area. He is a certified public accountant (CPA) and certified manufacturing professional (CMP) and the author of "More cash, better machines: your guide to the new tax law". He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants (MOCPA) and the Associated Industries of Missouri. He is also a board member of the Manufacturers Association of Plastics Processors (MAPP), chairman of Allinial Global’s R&D Tax Credit Community of Practice, executive board member of the Manufacturing Services Association (MSA) and president of Manufacturing CPAs. Tim Finerty is also a partner at Wipfli and has co-written "Money on the table: Taking advantage of the R&E tax credit" and "What comes after COVID-19?" Working in the Detroit area, Finerty is a board member & International Business Advisory Council member of Automation Alley, a nonprofit technology business association and Digital Transformation Insight Center. He's also an Affinity Program member of the Control System Integrators Association, a member of the Association for Advancing Automation (A3) and a member of the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants Task Force.

    45 min

  7. 21 AGO

    Echolocation Episode: Talking about STEM with Austin Park

    In 2021, Control Intelligence spoke with Austin Park, winner of the first ever Acopian Power Supply Scholarship in 2017. Park had completed his master's degree in energy resources engineering, Cleantech, machine learning and decarbonization at Stanford University and was working as a machine learning engineer at Gridmatic, where he's now been for almost six years. At Gridmatic, located in the San Francisco Bay area, Austin's responsibilities include designing, extending and improving wind, load and solar models, primarily focused on deep generative spatiotemporal sequence settings; building infrastructure to support model viz and evaluation; fetching and transforming new features; and leading quantification of Gridmatic's carbon impact. When speaking with Park four years ago, he talked about his education at UCLA and Stanford, how his scholarship benefitted him and his goals for his career in engineering.

    14 min

  8. 18 AGO

    Insights from controls engineering pro Tobey Strauch

    This week’s guest on Control Intelligence is Tobey Strauch, senior staff electrical engineer, project manager and one of Control Design's most trusted controls engineers. Over the course of her career thus far, Strauch has accumulated valuable experience with a variety of industrial heavy hitters, including DWFritz, International Paper, Doosan Fuel Cell, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force. She is a regular contributor and columnist to Control Design.

    32 min
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Welcome to Control Intelligence, a ControlDesign.com podcast that goes deep inside the automation and technology that machine builders, system integrators and end users rely on to keep production humming efficiently

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  • Creador
    controldesign
  • Años de actividad
    2020 - 2025
  • Episodios
    123
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