Discrete Control

White Paper: Findings in this new white paper from Venture Development Corp. are based on a recently completed worldwide market study on machine automatic safeguarding components and equipment. The report provides data on product types and features, geographic markets, applications and industries, user needs... more

White Paper: This paper identifies key reasons for automating die casting operations, the impact of robots on the automation... more

White Paper: The National Instruments "How-To Guide for Most Common Measurements" is a centralized resource for obtaining information about making common sensor and signal measurements. Each of the following sections covers the operating principle for the corresponding signal/sensor and offers guidance on how... more

White Paper: Over the past year, the mainstream media has dramatically increased its emphasis on all things “green.” Concerns about global climate change, soaring energy prices, and increased government legislation are driving new priorities and expectations from consumer products to corporate responsibility... more

White Paper: Research was undertaken to gain a better understanding of Control Engineering subscriber’s opinions regarding the impact of current economic conditions on their respective businesses... more

White Paper: Building a vision system is a lot like renovating your house, especially if you are upgrading an existing manufacturing system to include vision. If you’re not an architect or a contractor, you could be building for a very long time. Experts in the machine vision field say that vision is often an... more

White Paper: High-level design tools offer field-programmable gate array (FPGA) technology to engineers and scientists who have little or no digital hardware design expertise. Whether you use graphical programming, C, or VHDL, the synthesis process is quite complex and can leave you wondering how FPGAs really... more

White Paper: The traditional process for designing embedded machine control systems typically involves multiple stages of development that each requires specialised electronic design automation (EDA) tools such as state-diagram and flowcharting tools, SPICE circuit simulation, board layout and routing, control... more

White Paper: A graphical user interface (GUI) is what a user sees and interacts with. GUIs are used for many industrial applications via keypad, mouse or touch screen. Designing a user interface that is easy to understand yet accomplishes the necessary tasks is critical. A well designed interface will not only... more

White Paper: Learn how the UCLA Center for Embedded Networked Sensing implemented a low-cost, easy-to-install parking lot occupancy monitoring system that integrates with an online database to provide parking space information locally and remotely using NI Wireless Sensor Networks... more