Control.com Wrapped: The Top Content Picks of 2024

Thanks for making 2024 a year for the record books across our site. This year, we visited more trade shows and published more content than ever before. Our content also had the highest number of views from any year in history, which says a lot, because our audience has loved this site since it began around two decades ago!

We’ve compiled a list of our editorial team’s favorite articles from this past year!

Once you’ve checked out these awesome articles, keep reading to see the countdown of the most viewed content on Control.com from this past year.

Our Editors’ Top Picks

Caitlin

• Arduino’s New Alvik: Unleashing Creative Learning Opportunities
• LEGO-Inspired Designs: Shape-Shifting Robots and Interlocking Building Blocks
• ABB: No-Code Robot Software, Increasing Accessibility to Automation

Austin

• Military Aerospace Boeing NATO Round-up
• Instead of Going to Walmart for a Printer, Alquist Prints a Walmart
• Ode to a Volt Meter: Of Linear Equations and OSHA Compliance
• Unlimited Power! Regenerative Unit From Beckhoff Recycles Unused Energy

David

• What is a Stepper Motor, and How Does it Work?
• Turn a Raspberry Pi Into a PLC Using OpenPLC
• Tutorial: First PLC Program with a Beckhoff IPC

Our Audience (Your) Top Picks

Top 5 News Articles

We publish product and company announcements every day, usually several times a day. While the technical and textbook content seems to be more popular for the problem-solving engineer crowd, there were a whole lot of exciting news topics to explore in 2024.

• HMS Networks Links Raspberry Pi to Industry With New Adapter
• Accelerate PLC Ladder Logic Learning with New Arduino Starter Kit
• Rockwell Automation Releases New Panel and Box Industrial PCs
• Idec Launches 7-inch Combined PLC+HMI With I/O Options
• Siemens Debuts Updated PLC: The S7-1200 G2

Top 5 Technical Articles

Here is a list of the most-viewed technical articles that were published in 2024. There were many older articles that continue to be highly popular year after year, but this list highlights the top 5 new tech articles from 2024.

• Turn a Raspberry Pi Into a PLC Using OpenPLC
• How Do You ‘Megger’ a Motor? Understanding Motor Insulation Resistance
• 3-Phase Motor Wiring Infographic
• Electrical Drawings, Schematics, and Wiring Diagrams: How to Read Them
• How to Wire Motor Starters and Contactors

YOU Are the Future of Automation

We can’t wait for you to join us in 2025. We already have a bunch of great new projects on the workbench, and I encourage you to join up and contribute your own experience to the forums and help other engineers learn.