TLDR; exists to save you time in reading. In this case, I feel it appropriate to tell you to order this book if you are new to the field...

PID loops are fairly easy to explain but it can be a pain to practice and simulate them. Let's talk just a little about them and point...

TLDR saves you time on books that you might read, or be recommended. One such book is The Four Tendencies , by Gretchen Rubin. This...

I do not pretend to be the best with state machines or digital logic. Our electrical engineering and computer science buddies will...

Digital timing charts are similar to truth tables but on steroids. They are my absolute favorite for showing how systems should work. ...

Pro-tips exist to help improve your professional life. These are general and not aimed at anyone specific... but some issues do seem to...

A friend of mine recently took the PE for Controls, which is now online and significantly different from the all-encompassing, open book...

Truth tables are nice and will help you peel away redundancy in code, but fail to take into account changes in state. AND, NAND, OR and...

Pro tips exist to help you in your career. They usually focus on topics that I have experience with, but I had the pleasure of talking...

Truth tables come up in computer science classes, electrical engineering classes and, to a lesser extent, in relay logic. However, I...

It turns out there are good number of relevant podcasts for this field. They are also great for when you are on the road! Just a few...

I recently had a co-worker define SCADA as "secret computer and data assignments." While it was funny, it was a comment on how the end...

Pro-tips exist to help professionalize the services you offer. (When you are in controls, you are very rarely the end customer.) ...

This is a nice article written by an old friend, Jake Brodsky. All credit goes to him, the original work can be found here! When I first...

The majority of the posts in this blog are aimed at integration firms, rather than the end clients. However, what to choose to do with...

The FBI director, Christopher Wray, has finally said what we all knew. Utilities are being targeted and there is “far too little public...

TLDR; is a book review series. Some of these books are entertaining, some are just informative. Hopefully this will save you time in...

A few days ago, a water utility that left a PLC and HMI on an internet connection with the default passwords was attacked. Little damage...

Pro-tips exist to improve your "game" in the field. If you can consistently outperform your competition, you will get noticed. Let's...

If you read just half an hour a day more than your competition, you can usually get ahead. TLDR can help you focus your reading on...