Automation

Automation

A technique, method or system of operating a process by highly automatic means, in order to reduce human intervention and increase speed and efficiency.

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membrane keypad

Automation; Industrial automation

An operator-interface device that uses flat-panel switch contacts. They are usually sealed and very sturdy.

damping

Automation; Industrial automation

The reduction in amplitude of an oscillation.

CIMT™ module

Automation; Industrial automation

A configurable vision input module for inspection applications.

opaque

Automation; Industrial automation

1) The characteristic of an object that blocks light from passing through. 2) Contrasted with translucent

asynchronous scanning

Automation; Industrial automation

A scanning arrangement where two scans (I/O and user program) operate independently of each other with no synchronization, so that any relative timing between the two scans is ...

character

Automation; Industrial automation

One symbol of a set of symbols that normally includes both alpha and numeric codes plus punctuation marks and other symbols that may be read, stored, or written.

baseband link

Automation; Industrial automation

1) A communication link with only one channel, encoded by on/off switching. Examples: DH and DH+™ links. 2) Contrasted with carrier-band link and broadband link