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FactoryTalk Design Workbench First Look, CCW Comparison

Shawn Tierney takes a first look at Rockwell Automation's FactoryTalk Design Workbench, and compares it to Connected Components Workbench in this episode of the...

Drew Allen of Grace Technologies on Automation, Safety, and More (P256)

Shawn Tierney meets up with Drew Allen of Grace Technologies to discuss Automation, Safety, the history of Grace, and more in this episode of...

Robotics in Warehouse Automation with Erik Nieves of Plus One Robotics (P255)

Shawn Tierney meets up with Erik Nieves of Plus One Robotics to discuss Robotics in Warehouse Automation in this episode of The Automation Podcast. For...

History of Automation: DOS Based PLC Programming Software (HOA06)

In this episode of the History of Automation, Jeremy Pollard, Gary Wilkinson, and Shawn Tierney talk about early DOS base PLC Programming Software packages. For...

A.I. Tech Talk with Emil Soerensen of Kapa.ai (12/04/25)

Shawn meets up with Emil Soerensen of Kapa.ai to learn about his company in this episode of the Automation Tech Talk lunchtime livestream for...

Innovation Summit Las Vegas 2025 Recap (P254)

Shawn Tierney recaps his trip to Schneider Electric's Innovation Summit Las Vegas in this episode of The Automation Podcast. For any links related to this...

New Features of Ignition 8.3 with Travis Cox (S2E37)

Shawn meets up with Travis Cox of Inductive Automation to learn about the new features found in Ignition 8.3 in this episode of The...

Schneider Electric’s Innovation Summit 2025: Videos, Pictures, and more!

Shawn Tierney shares his videos and pictures from Schneider Electric's Innovation Summit 2025 in Las Vegas. Note: Some of the below content is viewable by...

Unbox, Setup & Use Modicon Edge I/O NTS with CompactLogix

Shawn unboxes, sets up, and uses Schneider Electric's Modicon Edge I/O NTS with Studio 5000 and CompactLogix in this episode of The Automation Show. For...

Siemens Sirius Act with Profinet (P253)

Shawn Tierney meets up with Mark Berger of Siemens to learn how Siemens integrates SIRIUS ACT devices (push buttons, selector switches, pilot lights) with...

How To Setup and Use the 1794-AENT

Shawn shows how to setup and use the 1794-AENT in Studio 5000 on today's The Automation Show Lunchtime Livestream. For any links related to this...

OTee Virtual PLCs (P252)

Shawn Tierney meets up with Henrik Pedersen and Jacob Abel to learn about OTee Virtual PLCs in this episode of The Automation Podcast. For any...

How To Setup and Use the 1769-AENTR

Shawn shows how to setup and use the 1769-AENTR in Studio 5000 on today's The Automation Show Lunchtime Livestream. For any links related to this...

Siemens SINAMICS G220 Clean Power Drive (P251)

Shawn Tierney meets up with Ivan Spronk of Siemens to learn about the SINAMICS G220 Clean Power Drive in this episode of The Automation...

History of Automation: SquareD SyMax PLCs (and more) with Joe Malter (HOA05)

In this episode of the History of Automation, Shawn Tierney and Gary Wilkinson are joined by Joe Malter of Verus Associates to talk about...

Jimmy DiTraglia of JD Controls: Automation Tech Talk Lunchtime Livestream for 11/03/25

Shawn meets up with Jimmy DiTraglia of JD Controls to learn about his company and the Codesys Library and HMI Project he's building in...

First Time Programming a Modicon M262 PLC using Machine Expert

Shawn creates his first Modicon M262 PLC Program in today's The Automation Show Lunchtime Livestream. For any links related to this episode, check out the...

ControlLogix 5590 PLC Ships! Automation Tech Talk Lunchtime Edition for 10/30/25

Shawn reviews the launch website and announcement for the ControlLogix 5590 L9 PLC in this episode of Automation Tech Talk Lunchtime Edition. For any links...

Samos PRO MOTION Safety Controller from Wieland Electric (P250)

Shawn Tierney meets up with Michael Warren of Wieland Electric to learn about the Samos PRO MOTION Safety Controller in this episode of The...

Revolution PI, Linux & Edge Applications with Jacob Abel: Automation Tech Talk Lunchtime Edition for 10/29/25

Shawn meets up with Jacob Abel of Edgenaut to learn about how he recently tested the Revolution PI in this episode of Automation Tech...

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