Introduction to the Mega328 The Mega328 is similar in a lot of ways to the MK-328 meter. Both of these meters are very impressive in the capability. I purchased the Mega328 from Ebay at a price of under $10! The meter I purchased does not have a case with it, Read More »
Introduction to the Point Contact Diode Today, I am doing an experiment that I’ve heard of called a “Point Contact Diode”. During the World Wars, soldiers would make radios in the field. By making a “Foxhole Radio”, they could listen to radio stations for news and entertainment. One of the Read More »
Introduction to the MK-328 Today, a new meter arrived in the mail. This is the MK-328. I’m very impressed with this meter for $17 on Ebay! The meter will test many components such as diodes, LED’s, transistors, triacs, capacitors, resistors, MOSFETS, etc. At first, I was skeptical. Read More »
Introduction to Resetting Fuses The 1756-OB16E module is an electronically fused output module. For this reason, we must know the procedure for resetting fuses in the even that an overload condition takes place. In summary, he 1756-OB16E has two electronic fuses. The first fuse protects outputs 0 to 7. Read More »
Introduction to Restart Lockout logic Whenever we have a a large motor, a lot of current is required to start the motor. When the motor is pulling a large amount of current, heat is building up in the wingdings of the motor. Hence, we do not want to allow Read More »
Introduction to Toggling bits in ControlLogix Toggling bits in ControlLogix sounds very simple. Specifically, you press a button one time, and an output energizes. Subsequently, you press the button a second time, and the output de-energizes. Henceforth, the process repeats infinitely. Although it sounds very simple, programming a bit Read More »
Introduction to ControlLogix Flashers ControlLogix flashers allow for an output to be energized and de-energized at a steady interval. For example, if we have an alarm horn, you can add a flasher bit in series with the output. The alarm horn will then energize and de-energize at regular intervals. Read More »
Introduction to ControlLogix Documentation ControlLogix documentation helps you to better understand the purpose of each rung and tag in your project. Even though Aliases are available in ControlLogix, the alias names are limited to 40 characters. When you download your project, Alias names are also downloaded to the processor. Read More »
Introduction to changing your Windows IP address Depending on the IP address of your control system, you may need to change the IP address on your laptop. The reason for this is so your laptop is in the same subnet as your control system. If you have not read Read More »
Introduction to Virtual Machines in VirtualBox The advantage to using virtual machines in Virtualbox (by Oracle) is that you can run multiple operating systems. In fact, you can run multiple operating systems at one time! By comparison, if you did not use virtualization software, you would have to reboot Read More »
