With virtue signaling providing the catalyst to rethink the brand names of many controversial consumer products, The Automationer ventures into this dangerous territory to ask, should we stop using the term master/slave for Modbus RTU […]
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Layer 2 Switch wonders what is happening up there in layer 3
Images of Automation – A local area Layer 2 access switch wonders about what is really happening up there in Layer 3. Photo by Thomas Jensen on Unsplash
Japanese nuclear officials awaiting return of Godzilla, ICS upgrades long over due
Tokyo – Faced with aging infrastructure and mature industrial control systems, Japanese nuclear officials are awaiting the return of Godzilla, in the hopes that the giant lizard will destroy again. Ministry of Infrastructure officials, speaking […]
2020’s Dumpster Experiencing Catastrophic BMS Failure
After a catastrophic failure of the burner management system (BMS), 2020’s dumpster ignited into an out of control fire.
Signal to Digital Noise Ratio Barely Above 10dB
Alarmed by the low signal to digital noise ratio (SdNR) measurements online, marketing researchers are growing concerned that their content creation efforts are being ignored.
