This blog will show how to use Entity Framework Core to copy multiple related entities stored in a SQL database while maintaining their keyed relationships. While EF Core doesn’t offer a `Copy` method, there are simple ways to duplicate an e...
When working on-site recently, I was challenged with configuring translations for several Siemens PLC & HMI projects. After many rounds of trial and error, I was finally able to track down every location where text was being stored in my project....
For anyone who has worked on an embedded project, you can understand the hassle of loading code onto a microcontroller. To alleviate this issue and cut down on the extra time that comes from this process, DMC designed and built a custom boot loading ...
Chicago's vibrant nightlife and delicious food filled most of my free time during my first few weeks of training. No matter which DMC location you end up in, all new hires go through training in Chicago. I was lucky enough to do th...
Before I began working at DMC, the team gave me a pretty good picture of the company culture. I saw them at the career fair, I visited the website, and I read almost everyone’s employee bios. What I didn't realize is that my ...
One of the coolest parts about your first few weeks at DMC is the welcome party. Each new hire has the opportunity to pick an event or activity to kick off their career at DMC and meet their new coworkers. Elliot and I chose to host a sushi-making...
Each month, DMC has an all company meeting where all of our offices' conference in via video or in-person to share knowledge, celebrate accomplishments, introduce new employees and talk about what's happening at DMC. We close out the...
Members of our Digital Workplace Solutions team will lead a "Dashboard in a Day" Power BI workshop at the Microsoft Technology Center (MTC) in Chicago on Thursday, September 19, 2019, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. In partnership with Microsoft, ...
Microsoft Power BI is a data analytics tool that gives both technical and non-technical users the ability to easily create interactive visualizations and dashboards from hundreds of different data sources. Our Digital Workplace Solutions Team...
Modern PLCs are fast, but with only a few exceptions, they can only do one thing at a time. This is because PLCs are built around single-core processors. In this post, I’ll go over some of the low-level PLC concepts that both make PLCs versatil...