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Hands-on Demo: Solving Integration Challenges with Industrial Networks
Join the Control.com engineering team as we solve a few common challenges facing integration teams working with modern PLC and network equipment.
In this Control.com tutorial demonstration, we will explain a common problem facing control engineers: the wide variety of industrial network standards. A modern control system almost certainly requires communication across devices over Ethernet, EtherCAT, PROFINET, or another field-level protocol. For each situation and controller, different strategies are required. In this session, we will discuss datasheet files, where to find them, how to add them to a project, and how to make the best use of them in the context of various control platforms. If you've already learned the basics of PLC programming, but you've never integrated an HMI, robot, or motion controller into a project, then this session is for you!
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David Peterson
Director of Engineering Content
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David Peterson is the Director of Engineering for Control Automation. He is a Mechanical Engineer who converted to the field of Control Systems Engineering and Making. He taught industrial controls and digital/analog circuit design at Centralia College in Southwest WA for 8 years before creating his own company with his brother Jon, also a controls engineer. Together as Peterson Brothers Automation, they spent several years investigating new ways to teach industry technicians and HS college instructors about new technology that can improve efficiency, reduce costs, and create positive workplace cultures. David was also the Program Manager of the IT3 Innovation Center in Ridgefield, WA, and has taught various control system and robotics courses at Clark College and Portland Community College. David lives with his wife and four children in southwest WA. His hobbies include climbing mountains, hiking, and 3D printing accessories for his nearly endless collection of Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and LED projects. His greatest blessing in life is living near all of his family, and playing with his kids, nieces, and nephews.