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Automation

What if automation suddenly ceases to exist

19/07/201830/07/2018
what if automation ceases to exist
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... Read More
education • electronics • STEMinSA

Electronics in South Africa

13/07/2018
SeeBox and lesson boards
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... Read More
IIoT • instrumentation

IIoT examples: data from instruments

13/02/2018
IIoT vs IoT
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... Read More
engineering • STEMinSA

Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) and its VAs

10/01/201828/01/2018
Engineering Council of South Africa logo
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... Read More
instrumentation

What is a pressure transmitter?

03/01/201824/01/2018
Endress+Hauser pressure transmitter
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... Read More
Automation • career • STEMinSA

Plan your career in industrial automation

28/12/201724/01/2018
Automation Competency Model
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 ... Read More
FIRST Robotics South Africa • manufacturing • Mining • SAIMC • STEM

South African STEM Calendar 2018

27/12/201726/04/2018
Image of a calendar
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,... Read More
Automation • economics

Will Automation take away all our jobs?

06/12/201717/07/2018
David Autor TED talk - will automation take all our jobs
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... Read More
instrumentation • science

What is a LASER and how does it work?

03/02/201624/01/2018
laser pointers
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... Read More
communication

Power Over Ethernet – be careful!

28/11/201327/01/2018
Power over Ethernet power supply
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 &... Read More
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