Every controlled electrical or mechanical machine has a human-machine interface (HMI) in the form of a pushbutton, lever, or touchscreen. At a high level, an HMI has three basic elements: input, ...

A modern factory is a far cry from Henry Ford’s 1913 assembly line. That plant revolutionized manufacturing, but the introduction of industrial computing in the 1950s marked the beginning of ...

A key component for the successful implementation of operations technology (OT) in a greenfield plant is generating comprehensive Functional Design Specifications (FDS) for each area of the plant. An ...

The IoT continues to influence and modernize products for home and building automation. Although this market is expected to grow significantly, its potential depends on how users adopt these products, ...

In the field of software and application design, whether it is an in-house team or collaborators at an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), it's common for multiple designers to work simultaneously ...

Most customers will never care about your design logic with its perfect structure, adherence to precise standards, or excellent comments and description. Nor will they be aware of that magnificent ...