{"title":"Industrial ethernet - Powering the dream","authors":"Paul Lee","doi":"10.1049/CCE:20060602","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/CCE:20060602","url":null,"abstract":"Power over Ethernet (PoE) brings a host of benefits to the design, implementation and long-term usability of wired Ethernet local area networks (LANs). Cost, flexibility and even safety are all enhanced. It overcomes the major limitation that system designers often encounter whereby they must locate powered network devices within close proximity to AC power outlets. With PoE, both data and power at a safe nominal 48VDC are carried over the same Ethernet cable. To take full advantage of PoE, the network devices will also be required to handle the hand-shaking process that allows the network hub to recognise a device as being PoE enabled and understand and manage its specific power needs.","PeriodicalId":401124,"journal":{"name":"Computing & Control Engineering Journal","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127666335","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Data driven drilling","authors":"P. James","doi":"10.1049/CCE:20060407","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/CCE:20060407","url":null,"abstract":"Traditional flow measurement techniques give rise to numerous problems in the oil and gas environment. The development of a data-driven modelling package has delivered much improved performance, with many side benefits.","PeriodicalId":401124,"journal":{"name":"Computing & Control Engineering Journal","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120964498","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Best of the batch [batch processing]","authors":"D. James","doi":"10.1049/CCE:20060406","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/CCE:20060406","url":null,"abstract":"Manufacturing batches of product presents particular problems to the automation engineer, however, following some basic design principles can result in robust and flexible batch automation systems. The ISA (originally the Instrument Society of America, now the International Society for Measurement and Control) has developed batch control standards (ISA 88 and 95) covering models, terminology, and implementation languages and data transfers. However, these are generic and open to considerable interpretation and preference.","PeriodicalId":401124,"journal":{"name":"Computing & Control Engineering Journal","volume":"78 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114267726","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Banking on blood [electronic donor card system]","authors":"B. N. Li, M. Dong","doi":"10.1049/CCE:20060404","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/CCE:20060404","url":null,"abstract":"We recommend an electronic donor card system, which can not only optimise the blood donation procedure, but also enhance the satisfaction of blood donors. Firstly, such system facilitates information acquisition and production during donor registration. An additional benefit is that, in this age of information technology, blood donors usually prefer to use electronic donor cards. Therefore, the QoS of a blood centre will definitely be enhanced with the introduction of an electronic donor card system.","PeriodicalId":401124,"journal":{"name":"Computing & Control Engineering Journal","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127687705","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Is RFID automating crime","authors":"M. Sparkes","doi":"10.1049/CCE:20060402","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/CCE:20060402","url":null,"abstract":"RFID chips are increasingly being used in control systems, all the way down to the consumer. Two pieces of research have recently pointed out flaws in RFID security. One has shown that it is possible to break into cars that use RFID keys, and the other has demonstrated a proof-of-concept RFID virus that could infect back-end systems.","PeriodicalId":401124,"journal":{"name":"Computing & Control Engineering Journal","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127880888","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The right time and place [wireless LAN]","authors":"D. Brandt, R. Piggin","doi":"10.1049/CCE:20060408","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/CCE:20060408","url":null,"abstract":"There are already numerous excellent applications for wireless. Currently, most applications are information related, however, limited control usage is possible today with potential growth in the future. A fully wireless factory is not feasible as there is still a need to provide significant power to many devices. Technology improvements in wireless technologies, batteries, energy consumption, and power scavenging are bound to widen the range of wireless devices in the future. Since the industrial WLAN networking is a relatively small market, industrial WLAN users can take advantage of price and performance enhancements from the wider WLAN market by utilising COTS products with automation protocols running on standard unmodified Ethernet.","PeriodicalId":401124,"journal":{"name":"Computing & Control Engineering Journal","volume":"78 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116688141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"All locked up [Panama Canal]","authors":"T. James","doi":"10.1049/CCE:20060403","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/CCE:20060403","url":null,"abstract":"The ageing control system for the Panama Canal has recently been replaced ensuring that the 92-year old waterway can meet growing demand. The Pedro Miguel (PM) facility-two locks-has been in operation. Each lock has had the controls upgraded to electronic workstations, which provide automation features in both operation and maintenance functions. The project was executed in close coordination with other machinery conversion projects, converting from 1914 electro mechanical technology to modern state of the art electro hydraulics, which included the replacement of the individual local controls.","PeriodicalId":401124,"journal":{"name":"Computing & Control Engineering Journal","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121631672","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Facing the challenge","authors":"Brett M. Leedy, Charles Reinholts","doi":"10.1049/cce:20060507","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/cce:20060507","url":null,"abstract":"The challenge was to create a fully autonomous vehicle capable of navigating complex desert terrain at high speeds to compete for } in the DARPA Grand Challenge. The solution was to use an advanced NI PXI sensor suite and LabVIEW to perform GPS navigation, obstacle avoidance, and road following.","PeriodicalId":401124,"journal":{"name":"Computing & Control Engineering Journal","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129545076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A model of control","authors":"P. Marsh","doi":"10.1049/CCE:20060506","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/CCE:20060506","url":null,"abstract":"Graphical modelling and simulation environments can increasingly support an end-to-end tool flow for developing control systems. Simulink is used to both model systems and then produce code for prototype hardware, in some cases going further by using tools to generate software suitable for the production system. Automatic code generation (ACG) greatly improves the reliability and speed of the coding process. Model-based development environments clearly provide a way to expedite the design of complex or high-fidelity embedded control systems. These tools continue to evolve with the impetus for shorter design cycles, greater levels of flexibility and lower costs.","PeriodicalId":401124,"journal":{"name":"Computing & Control Engineering Journal","volume":"70 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116243723","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}