PLCs Are Not Toilets: Learning to Draw Electrical Schematics
Every piece of industrial automation will have schematics (we hope!). These drawings communicate design intent from the engineer to the assembler, troubleshooter, and maintainer. With pages showing power distribution, IO,…
Employee Reviews: The Right Way and the Wrong Way
In my career before starting my own business, I had a lot of opportunities to experience the dreaded employee review. They ranged from organized and on time to chaotic and…
Free PLC Programming Software for Education
With the recent pandemic measures and schools transitioning to remote education, I’ve been contacted by professors looking for ways to get students hands-on experience programming PLCs without a lab. I’ve…
Breen Machine Presents: The Perfect PLC™!
Are you tired of paying too much for the privilege of managing software versions, rewriting the same program over and over, and struggling to do the simplest integrations with data…
Stronger Apart (but Still Together)
Read to the end for a 50% off coupon! “It’s a small world,” people often say about industrial automation. It seems like everyone knows everyone across large geographic areas. We’re…
