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Dead-by-Dawn is one serious “scenario paintball” team (check out this article in Wired Magazine). These guys built a tank from a turf loader, but hey – other teams have tanks – DbD decided to put a double-barrel auto-loading cannon on theirs – and they used an AutomationDirect DL06 PLC to automate the loading and firing [...]
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Sam Flournoy has built a Biodiesel Processor and now he’s working on automating it using lots of Automation Direct components, including a DL06 PLC, C-more screen, and many others. He submitted this picture: His website and YouTube videos …
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I wanted a way to rip my CD collection automatically. I have over 2000 “store bought” CDs, and I wanted to get them into I-tunes (or winapp, etc.) without having to sit at my PC for a month moving the CDs in and out of the PC CD drive. There was an old automated CD [...]
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We had some Automation Direct parts left over from a system integration job: an LED stacklight, a 18mm capacitive sensor, and several others. I got bored one day and put some of them together just for fun. With a couple of tiny 12 volt batteries inside, this stack light will now illuminate when ever it’s [...]
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Our Homeowner’s Association (HOA) wanted some lights at our beach area that members could easily turn on at night, but which would automatically go off after a couple of hours. I put together this project with three timers and some pushbuttons from AutomationDirect that solves the problem nicely. The timers have dials on the front, [...]
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Help Smiley go green! Do you have an idea for an automation project that has the potential to help the environment? Propose your ideas, and possibly win a CLICK PLC (or other automation parts) to use on your project. We’re giving away a CLICK PLC (or other automation equipment) each quarter to the best idea. [...]
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