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Ask HN: Resources to learn about automation systems?
My work requires working with different types of automation systems, mostly with building automation systems but also industrial. What are some good - and preferably free - resources to learn fundamentals as well as more advanced stuff?
- mardiyah 5y agoJust got brochures https://stevenengineering.com/Tech_Support/PDFs/09EA08-2.pdf https://stevenengineering.com/Tech_Support/PDFs/09EA08-2.pdf
- wsh 5y agoHere are some online resources available at no charge: Engineering Manual of Automatic Control for Commercial Buildings (Honeywell, 1997) Inch-Pound Edition: https://customer.honeywell.com/resources/techlit/TechLitDocuments/77-0000s/77-e1100.pdf https://customer.honeywell.com/resources/techlit/TechLitDocu... SI Edition: https://customer.honeywell.com/resources/techlit/TechLitDocuments/77-0000s/77-1200.pdf https://customer.honeywell.com/resources/techlit/TechLitDocu... Feedback Systems: An Introduction for Scientists and Engineers https://fbswiki.org/wiki/index.php/Feedback_Systems:_An_Introduction_for_Scientists_and_Engineers https://fbswiki.org/wiki/index.php/Feedback_Systems:_An_Intr... Instrumentation and Control (U.S. Department of Energy) https://sites.ntc.doe.gov/partners/tr/Training%20Textbooks/Forms/AllItems.aspx?RootFolder=%2Fpartners%2Ftr%2FTraining%20Textbooks%2F05%2DInstrumentation%20and%20Control https://sites.ntc.doe.gov/partners/tr/Training%20Textbooks/F... (This is part of a series for nuclear plant operators, but the basic principles are equally applicable in many other fields.)
- karimtr 5y agoAre there any specific topics you would like to learn? (e.g. PLC programming, Machine Vision, IoT, HMI development, ...) Also is your goal to learn enough to get a job?