About Carl Kaehler

A picture is worth 1000 words.  This anecdote has been used time and again, by just about everyone you know.  Today, I am going to show you how you can get a picture of your manufacturing process, and how this picture will be worth far more to you than just 1000 words, it will be [...]

With GE Intelligent Platforms recently releasing their ProfiNet offering, I wanted to take a couple of minutes to go over some of the comments, feedback, and misconceptions surrounding this protocol. It appears that for many, this is a very new protocol and there are a lot of myths and mis-information floating around, surrounding this protocol. [...]

Recently, I had the opportunity to assist a customer in migrating their 90-30 to a PACSystems RX3i controller.  Machine Edition made quick work of converting the hardware config and code, however 1 particular module posed a problem; this customer was using a Horner HE693RTM705 Modbus Master.  The RX3i does not support this module and its functionality [...]

For any of you that have had a chance to work with the GE Quickpanel View, you will know what I am talking about.  You have a handful of QP View units (perhaps more), you have 10 or 20 users, and several security levels that need to be setup, and now you have to do [...]

With all the excitement around green and renewable energy, I found a very interesting article that talks about the use of the Fibonacci Sequence to design and build a better solar array. A 13 year old had the imagination to study trees in the forest and since their branch and trunk arrangement resembled that of a Fibonacci fraction, he [...]