How to Store Data in DWIN HMI NOR Flash Using UART Commands (DGUS Step-by-Step Guide)
You enter a server address, port and machine number on a DWIN touch display, power it off, and everything is gone. That happens because values typed on a DWIN HMI…
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Practical guides to industrial IoT and the systems we build, from the team that installs them: furnaces, foundries, stores, payroll and the machines between them.
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RS485 and Modbus RTU Basics for Industrial IoT: Wiring, Registers and Troubleshooting
Temperature controllers, energy meters, VFDs, weighing indicators and PLCs: almost every device in a factory has a small RS485 port, and most of them speak Modbus. That one port is…
Machine Downtime Tracking
Machine Downtime Tracking: A Practical Guide to Finding and Fixing Lost Production
Ask a production manager how much time a CNC or press stood idle last week and the usual answer is a guess. The shift report says "machine running", but small…
Warehouse Stores Software for Factories: Rack Mapping, FIFO Picking and ERP-Linked Dispatch
"Where is part 1014?" If your stores team answers that question by walking the aisles, you are losing time on every pick. In many factories, finished goods are placed wherever…
Foundry Melting Software: Induction Furnace Charge Mix, Alloy Addition and Right First Time
In most foundries, the charge mix is still worked out on a calculator, the crane operator's loads are written on paper, and the alloy addition after the lab result is…
Attendance & Payroll Software for Factories: From the First Punch to the Payslip
Payroll day in a factory often means three spreadsheets, a pile of punch exports and a lot of arguments about overtime. Shifts that cross midnight, workers on daily, weekly and…
Heat Treatment Furnace Monitoring with IoT: A Practical Guide for Indian Manufacturers
Still writing furnace temperatures on paper every 30 minutes? Many heat treatment shops do. It works until a customer asks for the full temperature curve of a batch from three…