1. David Peterson

    Your help to make Control.com even better

    Hello all - Control.com Engineering Director here. As many of you might already know, we conduct an annual survey to collect information from control engineers around the world. The feedback is critical to me in order to ensure I am providing the best editorial content, tools, textbook updates...
  2. David Peterson

    Degrees for Automation Engineers, what's out there?

    This has always proved to be a very hard question to answer. Our company (EETech, the one that owns Control.com) is hoping to do more outreach to help provide resources for both students and for teachers, just to help give more people the best possible leg-up on a career. Here's my problem...
  3. David Peterson

    Annual Survey for Control / Automation Engineers

    Hello everyone, it's that time of year again! Annually, EETech conducts a survey of electrical and control engineers to learn about the biggest pain points, the most commonly used technology, and gain a general demographic knowledge of the state of the industry. If you have a spare few minutes...
  4. David Peterson

    Announcement - ChatGPT and AI Answers on the Forum

    As you are all undoubtedly aware, we are seeing more online content generated by chatbots and AI chat applications than ever before. Here on the Control.com forum, our goal has always been and always will be, to provide valuable engineering advice from the minds and experience of real engineers...
  5. David Peterson

    Education and school info - where did you learn?

    Question for all you engineers and technicians - where did you first get a start on learning automated systems? I know most of the actual skills come from OTJ training, but did you get into the career through ME or EE schools? Trade schools? Jumped right into the workforce? Something entirely...
  6. David Peterson

    Most important tool for a control engineer

    When working with control engineers and technicians, I seem to hear the same two competing answers come up in discussions - the most important tool for the engineer or technician who chases the shop floor - a multimeter or a good old screwdriver? Most everyone seems to agree they are both...
  7. David Peterson

    EETech Engineering Survey

    Calling all community members - Engineers, technicians, managers, new graduates, or seasoned veterans of the control system world. We are asking for your help and feedback in building the editorial and educational sections of Control.com. As the Director of Engineering Content, I want to be...
  8. David Peterson

    Control.com's Automation Day - June 21st

    We are thrilled to announce the first Control Automation Day! https://control.com/events/control-automation-day-2022 Coming up on June 21st, this day will have talks from guest speakers including Rockwell Automation and the Arduino Professional series with some great new industrial automation...
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