Thanks for all the responses.
I followed Greg's advise, called up my new employer and was re-offered the position.
Why did I turn down the offer in the first place?
Failure to take into consideration, during my deliberations, the fundamental reason why I wanted to move on in the first place...
I have been in Technical Support within my present company for 2 years. My educational background is MSEE with emphasis on Control Systems and a minor in Computer Science.
I have expressed my desire to join the Software department, and have applied to an internal posting for Intermediate...
Thanks for all the good points.
I am preparing for an interview with a company that designs nuclear reactors, and want to make sure that I have all the grounds covered.
I just learnt about the position today (MMIR Project Computer Control Systems). Will learn more about this during the...
For those of you who have sat on on interview panel, what type of answer do you expect from a candidate, in response to a question, you know they have very little practical experience on?
For instance, say you are on a panel interviewing a candidate for an Instrumentation and Control position...
Folks,
I need some help with the following questions:
1. What are the role of a Control Systems Engineer in a Utility or Manufacturing company?
2. Do Utilities or Manufacturing plants have Control System Engineers as permant staff or do they outsource to System Integrators?
3. What is...
I hear you about expensive cross compilers for embedded Ada. Also it looks like very few targets support Ada executables.
However, GNAT GPS is free for native applications.
Any Embedded Software Developers on board?
Can someone explain why Ada is not gaining ground despite being recognized twice as an international standard for embedded computing? All literature surveys comparing Ada and C or C++ for embedded systems development praise the former for implementing...
bullsonparade (Electrical),
I agree with Controlnovice that Support/Maintenance is a good place to start. There is a lot of fundamentals to learn in a Support/Maintenance role, and I say this from experience. If you want to get into the design of electro-mechanical controls (aircraft...
Corrupt file?
Incompatible versions of Simulink? As I recall, if you have an older version of Simulink (MATLAB 6), you cannot open a file created with MATLAB 7.
Andy345,
.... but tuning the PID gains to respond to the system pressure based on your performance objective is what defines them. The dynamics of each process is different so controller gains will be different. Also, you will have different controller gains for the same process if you have...
xJAyx,
Ethernet to serial converters allow the serial side to be multi-dropped using RS-485. The multi-dropped devices are only distinguised from their station numbers.
I do not see the benefit or how an ethernet to serial converter will provide an IP address for each serial device. This will...
The ability to have multiple masters on a Modbus/TCP network depends on how the masters are implemented. If a master simply means that the device can initiate a conversation (note that Modbus is half duplex by nature), then I do not see any reason why you cannot have multiple devices polling...
I need help calculating the message loading on a radio path between two PLCs communicating via DNP3.
We are using 900 MHz radios in full duplex mode. The radios will be configured for 9.6 kbps link capacity.
A brief summary of the data is as follows:
- A background poll of static data will...
I need help calculating the message loading on a radio path between two PLCs communicating via DNP3.
We are using 900 MHz radios in full duplex mode. The radios will be configured for 9.6 kbps link capacity.
A brief summary of the data is as follows:
- A background poll of static data will...
