Struggling with PLC Selection? A Senior Engineer’s Guide to Overcoming Decision Paralysis and Saving Money!

Struggling with PLC Selection? A Senior Engineer's Guide to Overcoming Decision Paralysis and Saving Money!

Do you remember the awkwardness I felt when I first took charge of an automation project? With a limited budget and unclear customer requirements, the marketing hype from various PLC brands left me bewildered. It felt like stepping into an electronics market to buy a phone, only to be overwhelmed by a myriad of specifications … Read more

Cost-Reducing Techniques in Event-Driven Programming for PLC Industrial Automation Systems

Cost-Reducing Techniques in Event-Driven Programming for PLC Industrial Automation Systems

Click the blue text to follow! Cost-Reducing Techniques in Event-Driven Programming for PLC Industrial Automation Systems Last month, the packaging production line that Xiao Li was responsible for encountered issues again; the equipment inexplicably stopped every three to four hours, almost delaying the delivery schedule. The factory manager was in a panic, and the maintenance … Read more

Application of PLC in Smart Home Systems: Integrated Control and Convenient Management

Application of PLC in Smart Home Systems: Integrated Control and Convenient Management

Today, let’s discuss how to use PLCs to create a practical smart home control system. I applied PLCs in a villa project for smart home control, which not only allowed the owner to experience the convenience brought by technology but also significantly improved the system’s stability and maintainability. Basic Concepts The biggest advantage of using … Read more

PLC Input/Output Not Responding? A Comprehensive 8-Step Troubleshooting Guide

PLC Input/Output Not Responding? A Comprehensive 8-Step Troubleshooting Guide

The PLC system is like the human nervous system; its inputs and outputs are how it perceives and controls the world. However, sometimes this “nervous system” can encounter issues—buttons not responding, indicator lights not illuminating, motors not turning. These input/output response problems can be frustrating, especially during an emergency shutdown on the production line. Don’t … Read more

Integrating Strategies for Safety Enhancement in PLC Motion Control Applications

Integrating Strategies for Safety Enhancement in PLC Motion Control Applications

Hello, automation friends! Recently, I received a call from the workshop saying that the robotic arm on the assembly line was moving out of sync and started to “dance” after running for an hour. I rushed over and found that it was a typical case of improper PLC motion control parameter settings! This is no … Read more

A Quick Method to Build a LoRaWAN Network

A Quick Method to Build a LoRaWAN Network

Contact WeChat: x274529 LoRa is short for Long Range, a type of wireless communication technology characterized by long distance and low power consumption. The data rate is relatively low, and it can be considered as the physical layer implementation in network communication. The corresponding products for LoRa are transceiver chips, such as Semtech’s SX1272/SX1276, which … Read more

Keil5 Software Installation Package and Installation Guide

Keil5 Software Installation Package and Installation Guide

Download link for Keil5 (32/64-bit) Link: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1Pyx6F4tuKe9rU6BfnQMgKg Password: 933g Installation Steps: 1. Right-click the software compressed package and select “Extract to keil5” 2. Open the “keil5” folder, right-click “mdk511”, and select “Run as administrator” 3. Click “Next” 4. Check the box in front of “I agree to all the…” and then click “Next” 5. Select … Read more

Add a Christmas Hat with Python and OpenCV (Includes Code)

Add a Christmas Hat with Python and OpenCV (Includes Code)

Authorized reprint from the public account CVPy (ID: x-cvpy) With the arrival of Christmas, many people are tagging the official WeChat account to add a Christmas hat to their profile pictures. Of course, this can be done with many photo editing software. However, as someone learning image processing, I believe it is necessary to write … Read more

GESP Level 1 March 2023 – Chicken and Rabbit in the Same Cage

GESP Level 1 March 2023 - Chicken and Rabbit in the Same Cage

Learn programming with Lao Ma while “leveling up and fighting monsters”! This aims to provide comprehensive learning materials for children to prepare for the level exam together. Add the assistant on WeChat and reply with 【GESP Level 1 2023.03_Chicken and Rabbit】 to get the source code for this problem. GESP Level 1 2023.03_Chicken and Rabbit … Read more

How to Build a Predictive Model in Python in 10 Minutes

How to Build a Predictive Model in Python in 10 Minutes

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