Comments on: Got Control? Part 2 http://www.projectmechatronics.com/2008/05/08/got-control-part-2/ The synergistic application of interdisciplinary engineering fields. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:04:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Richard Person http://www.projectmechatronics.com/2008/05/08/got-control-part-2/#comment-12 Richard Person Wed, 28 May 2008 15:18:33 +0000 http://blog.projectmechatronics.com/?p=30#comment-12 with the advent of fully functional pc's that are the same size or smaller then conventional plc's. it would seem that specialized plc's are no longer needed. i think its time for the industry to unite on one hardware platform to control the worlds factory's. mini pc's with 100 gig hard drives could store high speed data then send it to a server to collate into a very usefull database. lets put an end to the seemingly hundreds of proprietary hardware and software. and standardize under one universal standard. that i think would certainly not be a waste of time!! with the advent of fully functional pc’s that are the same size or smaller then conventional plc’s. it would seem that specialized plc’s are no longer needed. i think its time for the industry to unite on one hardware platform to control the worlds factory’s. mini pc’s with 100 gig hard drives could store high speed data then send it to a server to collate into a very usefull database. lets put an end to the seemingly hundreds of proprietary hardware and software. and standardize under one universal standard. that i think would certainly not be a waste of time!!

]]> By: Industrial PC http://www.projectmechatronics.com/2008/05/08/got-control-part-2/#comment-13 Industrial PC Thu, 15 May 2008 11:47:56 +0000 http://blog.projectmechatronics.com/?p=30#comment-13 "So maybe by looking at the controls world with an eye toward control system and data requirements as bandwidth propositions, we can construct better boundaries for applying the control system hardware that is available." Hhhm, interesting thought. Thinking "outside the box" can be very productive but at the same time a waste of time! “So maybe by looking at the controls world with an eye toward control system and data requirements as bandwidth propositions, we can construct better boundaries for applying the control system hardware that is available.”

Hhhm, interesting thought. Thinking “outside the box” can be very productive but at the same time a waste of time!

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