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DMC Quote Board - July 2024

Visitors to DMC may notice our ever-changing "Quote Board," documenting the best engineering jokes and team one-liners of the moment.     Learn more about DMC's company culture and check out our open positions!


Join Rockwell Automation's FactoryTalk Optix Webinar on August 14

Rockwell Automation is hosting their third and final webinar in a series about their latest HMI solution: FactoryTalk Optix. The webinar, called Part Three: Operators Empowered, will take place on August 14 at 10 a.m. CT. Part Three: Ope...


Using a QAbstractListModel in QML

The QAbstractListModel class provided by Qt can be used to organize data that will be presented visually as a list or table. Standardizing the interface with an abstract class like QAbstractListModel makes it easy to keep your model data completely i...


DMC's Drinkbot Gets an HMI Upgrade to WinCC Unified

Eight years after creation as Siemens has begun to phase out their COMFORT HMI Panels, DMC wanted to give Drinkbot an HMI upgrade. We received a new MTP700 Unified Comfort Panel that runs TIA Portal V19 WinCC Unified programs to show off the latest a...


2024 Chicago LabVIEW User Group Meeting at DMC

Overview: DMC is proud to host this quarter’s Chicago LabVIEW User Group (CLUG) meeting on June 26, 2024! The CLUG is a group of LabVIEW users that meet quarterly to discuss new programming techniques, design choices, updates, and share stor...


Getting Started with Database Server in Beckhoff TwinCAT 3

Table of contents 1. Download and Installation 2. Adding the Database Project to a TwinCAT 3 Solution 3. Writing Code to Write to the Database Server 4. Testing the Database Connection Being able to store long term data is one of the...


Building Audio Systems for Fun at DMC Chicago

At DMC Chicago's holiday party, a bunch of us started talking about audio systems. After I explained how I build them for fun, some folks asked if they could come to the shop and make some. Since DMCers love to learn for fun, we decided it w...


DMC Denver Moves Unique Team Traditions to a New Office Space

After nine years and three space expansions, DMC Denver left its office in the Lower Downtown (LoDo) neighborhood in December for a new space in the River North Art District (RiNo). The new office offers more space to accommodate DMC Denver’s g...


DMC Quote Board - June 2024

Visitors to DMC may notice our ever-changing "Quote Board," documenting the best engineering jokes and team one-liners of the moment.  Learn more about DMC's company culture and check out our open positions!    ...


Programming a PLC to be a Game Console

PLC Code This past week, I took on the challenge of turning one of our IO demo kits connected to a Siemens PLC into a working game system. I chose to program the classic games Bop It and Simon Says as they would be easy to understand while still p...


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