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Nick
Dec 32 min read
Pro-tips: Be your best self (at work)
Pro-tips exist to help improve your professional life. These are general and not aimed at anyone specific... but some issues do seem to...
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Nick
Nov 52 min read
PE Controls: Updates
A friend of mine recently took the PE for Controls, which is now online and significantly different from the all-encompassing, open book...
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Nick
Oct 12 min read
Sequential Logic, Part 2
Truth tables are nice and will help you peel away redundancy in code, but fail to take into account changes in state. AND, NAND, OR and...
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Nick
Sep 32 min read
Pro tips: Process Engineers
Pro tips exist to help you in your career. They usually focus on topics that I have experience with, but I had the pleasure of talking...
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Nick
Aug 62 min read
Sequential Logic, part 1: Truth Tables
Truth tables come up in computer science classes, electrical engineering classes and, to a lesser extent, in relay logic. However, I...
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Nick
Jun 301 min read
Podcasts on automation
It turns out there are good number of relevant podcasts for this field. They are also great for when you are on the road! Just a few...
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Nick
Jun 31 min read
SCADA: Secret Computer and Data Assignments
I recently had a co-worker define SCADA as "secret computer and data assignments." While it was funny, it was a comment on how the end...
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Nick
May 71 min read
Pro-tips: Site visits & tours
Pro-tips exist to help professionalize the services you offer. (When you are in controls, you are very rarely the end customer.) ...
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Nick
Apr 12 min read
Saying No
This is a nice article written by an old friend, Jake Brodsky. All credit goes to him, the original work can be found here! When I first...
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Nick
Mar 41 min read
Cyber: Public resources
The majority of the posts in this blog are aimed at integration firms, rather than the end clients. However, what to choose to do with...
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Nick
Feb 62 min read
Cyber: Utility targeting
The FBI director, Christopher Wray, has finally said what we all knew. Utilities are being targeted and there is “far too little public...
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Nick
Jan 91 min read
TLDR; Computerized Maintenance Management Made Easy
TLDR; is a book review series. Some of these books are entertaining, some are just informative. Hopefully this will save you time in...
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Nick
Dec 12, 20232 min read
Unitronics hack
A few days ago, a water utility that left a PLC and HMI on an internet connection with the default passwords was attacked. Little damage...
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Nick
Dec 5, 20232 min read
Pro-tips: Other skills to consider
Pro-tips exist to improve your "game" in the field. If you can consistently outperform your competition, you will get noticed. Let's...
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Nick
Nov 28, 20232 min read
TLDR; Industrial Cybersecurity
If you read just half an hour a day more than your competition, you can usually get ahead. TLDR can help you focus your reading on...
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Nick
Nov 21, 20231 min read
Vendors: Please take note
I have used a variety of software platforms in the last decade or so. If you are selling me something, I am fairly confident that it...
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Nick
Nov 14, 20232 min read
Pro-tip: Scoping work
Pro tips exist to help you look more experienced and technically savvy than you have a right to be. If they can help you on your...
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Nick
Nov 7, 20231 min read
TLDR; The High Performance HMI
TLDR is design to save you time in selecting your reading materials. If you are in the controls profession, you have a lot to cover and...
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Nick
Oct 31, 20232 min read
TLDR; Data Science Strategy for Dummies
Reading any For Dummies guide involves enough humility to accept that you do qualify as part of their audience. If you are integrating...
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Nick
Oct 24, 20233 min read
Job title confusion: Engineers at plants
When I got out of school, I had trouble finding what job titles were related to my field. Spoiler alert: my degrees are in chemical...
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