Can we live without automation? So there is a lot being said about automation and Industrie 4.0 (German spelling, because that’s where the idea originated) and the impact it will have. In this...
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Category: engineering
How many schools offer electronics in South Africa? It is being said that as little as 4% of schools in South Africa are technical schools! “Is this true?” – I hear you – tha...
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Don’t add more devices, IIoT is already available Digitalization, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Industrie 4.0, M2M (machine to machine), cloud computing/connectivity – if you have...
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ECSA is a statutory body The Engineering Profession Act (EPA), 46 of 2000 (which can be downloaded in PDF format here: EPA 46 of 2000), “…provides for the establishment of a juristic perso...
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Pressure transmitter or transducer? A pressure transmitter is the device that transmits a measured pressure to another element or system via analog signal or some communication protocol. A pressure tr...
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The Industrial Automation Industry in South Africa Industrial Automation entails MANY different aspects: from field devices (instrumentation) to PLC programming; from PLC hardware to enterprise level ...
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So many events so little time! This post has one simple purpose – to spread the news on upcoming STEM, robotics and industry events for 2018. I may not have all the information on every event,...
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MIT Economist, David Autor, says NO! In the embedded TED Talk video below (Recorded at TEDx Cambridge in 2016), David (A Professor of Economics at MIT) goes into the details of his argument for Automa...
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What is a LASER? How does it work and What is its uses? First lets be clear: LASER is short for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation In 1917 +Albert Einstein ( +Albert Einstein f...
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Power Over Ethernet could fry your equipment I have recently learned a whole lot about CAT5 cables, ethernet and wi-fi since I’ve started working for a new company. The reason the title says &...
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