What's behind the letters FDT, and what requirements in Factory Automation does FDT address? Lets begin with an introduction of the basic concepts. In order to be open and flexible, a system must ...

At its heart, a high-performance HMI is an advanced, yet user-friendly, graphical representation of an industrial process. It ...

Pickering Interfaces is expanding its range of precision resistor modules with a PCI based card. Model 50-297 is a high density resistor simulator with a broad resistance range and high channel count.

Creating consistent and proper interfaces for reusable software modules is one of the most critical and overlooked aspects of embedded software design. Interfaces are usually developed on the fly with ...

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In the digital world, the user interface is the medium of communication. It is the surface at which humans interact with the functionalities provided by machines—whether hardware or software. As such, ...

The case revolved around whether copyright protection should be extended to application software interfaces (APIs), the bits of code that allow programs and apps to work together, and if so, whether ...

Some software is easy to use. The options are obvious, it's purpose is clear. It just makes sense. Microsoft Notepad for Windows XP is perhaps the best example of this. You type a key, and letters pop ...

Some software is easy to use. The options are obvious, it's purpose is clear. It just makes sense. Microsoft Notepad for Windows XP is perhaps the best example of this. You type a key, and letters pop ...