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I'm leaving the studio right now pretty excited as I've just finished recording several new lessons for my Micro800 course, Nano Basics. These new lessons include: Using Analog Inputs Using Analog Outputs Using Spectrum Control I/O Downloading and using …

Rockwell's Micro800 line of programmable controllers include support for a few instructions you won't find in RSLogix. In today's article we'll discuss one of those instructions, the Time-delay On Off (aka TONOFF) instruction. Those of us who've been programming Allen-Bradley …

Rockwell's Micro800 line of programmable controllers include support for some instructions you won't find in RSLogix. In today's article we'll discuss one of those instructions, the Reverse Coil. For those of us who've been using Allen-Bradley PLCs for some time …

In today's article I'll walk you through how to download a program to a Micro800 using Connected Components Workbench version 10. Preface: If you need a copy of CCW, check out our previous article, Downloading a free copy of Connected …

While Rockwell's Micro800 family of low cost programmable controllers have appealing price points, one look at the programming software is often enough to keep many Logix users away. But when you have a truly small system, the fact that the Micro800 …

Rockwell's Micro800 family of low cost programmable controllers have very appealing price points. But when it comes to usability, many of us have been reluctant to trade our familiarity and efficiency with RSLogix / Studio 5000 for a few hundred …

To program Rockwell's Micro820 and Micro850 over Ethernet you first need to know how to setup RSLinx Classic's Ethernet drivers, and in today's article I'll show you step-by-step how to do just that. Preface: Before proceeding it's a good idea …