The last of the grayish snow heaps are melting away, the grass is already mocking me, the hedge is winking at me with it’s now tiny green leaves promising a massive trim job in only a few weeks and the truckload of mulch will be delivered this weekend.  Ahhhh….spring is […]

“Where the heck  do I start?” you might ask.  Installing an industrial network can be a big fat headache, but there is help out there.  I just read this really great article in Automation World (a useful website, by the way) that breaks this process down into five steps. 

Safety violations are just NOT funny.  Take a gander at OSHA’s top 10, most frequent violations for FY2010 and either pat yourself on the back for NOT being on a top 10 list or get your house in order if you DO find yourself on this list. 

Wow.  Loose connections…now that’s a “loose” term if ever there was one!  Connection problems are indeed responsible for many non-functioning electronics of all sorts.  Note the key words are connection problems because the problem may very well NOT be looseness at all.  So step away from the torque wrench or […]