The Analog Discovery 2 (AD2) by Digilent is a USB device that connects to one’s computer and has numerous features for embedded engineers, all in a convenient 3x3in package (see Figure 1). The AD2 includes important features such as a two-ch...
Beckhoff’s Industrial Personal Computers (IPCs) allow for easy configuration into a wide variety of PLC-to-PLC communications. Internal links between IPCs running TwinCAT XAR are the simplest and will be the first that this series of articles e...
Overview The AutoCompleteBox is a handy WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) control that can be used by installing the DotNetProjects.WpfToolkit.Input package from Visual Studio's NuGet Package Manager. The AutoCompleteBox is basically a sea...
If you are paying for Monday to manage your tasks, issues, and/or milestones, you should know that you may already have a tool in your toolbox you could be utilizing for free instead. As a Microsoft Office 365 user, the suite of products in a&nb...
This blog will show you how to remotely debug code that has been deployed to Microsoft Azure as a Function App. During one of the project stages, for various reasons, I was not able to deploy additional logging to see the parameters that were bein...
Visitors to DMC may notice our ever-changing "Quote Board," documenting the best engineering jokes and employee one-liners of the moment. Learn more about DMC's company culture!
DMC is excited to present at this year's Manufacturing in America (MiA) conference April 12-13, 2023 at Ford Field Stadium in Detroit, Michigan. MiA is an annual conference held by Siemens and Electro-Matic. The two-day co...
We're so close, yet, still quite far from spring: but that doesn't stop the fun at DMC! From holiday parties to welcome parties, here's what the offices have been up to this month! The Return of All Office Holiday Parties! After...
A client was looking to develop a centralized dashboard for monitoring key production parameters and trends from multiple plants across the country. Accessing this data required remotely logging into a computer located at the plant, accessing the act...
What’s the best way to practice our core values of hiring smart people, sharing information, and having fun? If you thought “join a bar trivia league,” you would be absolutely correct! What started as a fun evening activity ...