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Hatching a Better Incubator: The Evolution of an Engineer’s Personal Project Thomas Goetz Tue, 08/15/2023 - 09:00
I’ve long been fascinated by incubating bird eggs — to me, it’s like a little miracle every time I see a duckling come out of its shell. This fascination, married with my love of technology and engineering mindset, led me to build my very own automated egg incubator, which I’ve used to hatch a number of different species, including chicken, bobwhite quail, and guinea fowl.
Ignition 8.1.31: Mitsubishi Driver Update, Redundancy Conflict Improvement, Perspective Performance Increase Aaron Block Thu, 08/10/2023 - 14:41
Ignition 8.1.31 delivers some additions to the Mitsubishi Driver, a big improvement to redundancy conflict resolution, faster load times for Perspective, and more.
August Is Ignition Education Month! Travis Cox Wed, 07/26/2023 - 13:37
Here at Inductive Automation, we’re embracing the back-to-school spirit with a month of curated learning resources, which we’ll serve up to your hungry brains via our social media platforms from July 31 - August 31.
Behold the Two Integrators Who Shall Duel at ICC for the Build-a-Thon Crown! Travis Cox Wed, 07/19/2023 - 08:30
In this most epic of yearly Build-a-Thons, our 33 competitors have gallantly traversed the Lands of Ignition, faced monsters, and even befriended a dragon to reach the end of our challenges. Two competitors have made it through this intrepid journey ahead of all of the rest — only to find that their adventures have just begun.
Ignition 8.1.29: Scripting Security Improvement, New Driver Data Types, Perspective Quality-of-Life Updates Aaron Block Fri, 07/07/2023 - 13:17
Ignition 8.1.29 delivers nimble improvements to security when canceling scripts, new data types for the Siemens S7 driver, quality-of-life updates for Perspective, and more.
Announcing 2023's Legendary Build-a-Thon Finalists! Travis Cox Thu, 07/06/2023 - 08:00
This year, our 33 chosen finalists will battle with their swords of Ignition to reach the final challenge of the Build-a-Thon live at ICC. This year will feature only one challenge for our fearsome competitors to demonstrate their Ignition knowledge. Their journey will begin on July 18th at 1:00 PM PDT. It will be a fight to determine the final two, as those two teams that finish their travels first will compete against each other at ICC 2023.