Real Time Automation, Inc. News & Articles
Manufacturing Automation ROI is Tragically Undervalued by Small and Medium Manufacturing Companies
- by Drew Baryenbruch
- March 18, 2024
- Feature
Most manufactures are incorrectly calculating their ROI. This is because they are only considering the most basic values of automation investment.
Four Huge Potholes on the Road to Manufacturing’s Digital Transformation!
- by John S Rinaldi
- November 13, 2023
- Feature
The Road to Digital Transformation isn’t a superhighway; it is rough with unexpected twists and turns. You’ll want to use your old pickup and not your new Tesla.
How Does DH+ Compare to Ethernet?
- by John S. Rinaldi
- May 16, 2023
- Feature
Because DH+ is many years older than Ethernet, it's not not nearly as fast, sophisticated or flexible. However, it supported the manufacturing applications of its time very well.
Five Recommendations for Reliable EtherNet/IP Control Systems
- by John S. Rinaldi
- September 15, 2021
- Feature
The search for reliable, practical information on building EtherNet/IP subnetworks on Ethernet for factory floor manufacturing systems is over. This article was originally published in the Automation 2021: Control Systems Ebook.
Real Time Automation Announces Release of John S. Rinaldi's Book: The Everyman's Guide to EtherNet/IP: The Industry's Leading Automation Protocol
- March 1, 2019
- News
"It's the story of how and why EtherNet/IP was conceived and its rise to dominance in the automation world. It's also a real-world, hands-on handbook for the technology and how it relates to other technologies like Modbus TCP, PROFINET IO and the rest‚" says Rinaldi.
How Microsoft Is Leveraging OPC UA to Get an Irreplaceable Position in Your Factory
- June 19, 2017
- Feature
By John Rinaldi, Real Time Automation In their latest series of announcements, it’s clear that OPC UA is key to Microsoft’s strategy of entering and dominating the factory floor through its Azure cloud services.
How OPC UA Clients Discover Servers (Part 2)
- by By John Rinaldi, Real Time Automation
- December 15, 2015
- Feature
By John Renaldi, Real Time Automation OPC UA Discovery has a very flexible and sophisticated mechanism for Client devices to find and identify Server devices. This article is the second of two articles that explain that how OPC UA Device Discovery works.
How OPC UA Clients Discover Servers (Part 3)
- by By John Rinaldi, Real Time Automation
- December 2, 2015
- Feature
OPC UA created a more robust and flexible mechanism that works equally well on the factory floor with embedded devices as it does in the Enterprise with IT devices. This article is the first of two articles that explain that how OPC UA Device Discovery works.