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Articles in October, 2006 issue of Control Engineering

• IBM advances security services position, buys ISS.
• Handheld Test and Measurement Instruments.
• Automation products add flexibility.
• Programmable logic relays.
• Cutting-edge technology eliminates cutting edges.
• Automated Water System Control.
• Environmental controls protect blood supply.
• Automation expands in Asia; nanotechnology; wireless.
• High-speed machining module.
• Statistical process control software.
• Flowmeters, switches approved for Russia.(Fluid Components International got approval from Russian Federation )(Brief article)
• OEM RFID reader module.
• High-speed Ethernet test kit gets upgrade.
• Safety bus networks grow.
• Documenting measurement results.
• USB interface for data transmission to PCs.
• Integration bus: Here to help.(Column)
  by Brandl, Dennis
• Motion control for packaging applications.
• 'Astronomical' application of LVDT sensors.
• Still more than one way to "plug-and play".
  by Sepe, Raymond B.
• Blog: SCADA integrators respond to changes.
• Combustible gas sensor.
• Magnetic encoders.
• Machine Vision: Not Just for Metrology Anymore.
  by Masi, C.G.
• Position drive adds Ethernet port.
• Auto-Tuning Control Using Ziegler-Nichols.
• Linux appeals to real-time embedded systems users.
• Isolated multifunction devices.
• By the Numbers.
• Applying Motion Control.(in the semiconductor fabrication)
  by Steele, Kevin
• Blazing: 10Gb Ethernet study group.
• Ensuring a Safe, Secure HMI.
• Robots add efficiencies to large-format machining cell.(Kuka Robotics Corp., Robotic CNC Solutions)(Brief article)
• Online current-rating software.
• DeviceNet cabling options.
• RFID transponder use surges.(Radio Frequency Identification )(Brief article)
• Single-chip MCUs support low-cost data acquisition.(microcontroller unit)
  by Smith, Nate
• Correction.(Correction notice)
• Engineering jobs specialize, require more communication, collaboration.
  by Katzel, Jeanine
• Power Monitoring.(Merck & Company Inc. reduced the enrgy use by using power management software)
  by Hoske, Mark T.
• Self-cleaning mass flowmeter.
• Linear motors increase.(Brief article)
• Seek answers in new ways.(control equipment)
  by Robbins, Renee
• More Ethernet for industrial distributed/remote I/O use.
• Get your data in order.(product lifecycle management)
• Pressure transducer.
• Stackable plug connectors.
• Industrial PCs gain in developing regions.(Brief article)
• From raw ideas to success.(engineering innovations success)(Editorial)
  by Hoske, Mark T.
• RF Monolithics adds wireless capabilities with 2 acquisitions.
• Actuant Corp. acquires Actown Electrocoil.
• Flowmeter for water, wastewater uses.
• Transducer with zero-based ranges.
• Boiler tuning, flue gas analysis.
• Growth of electronic flow sensors.
• Turn knowledge into capital.(documentation)
  by Upchurch, Jim
• Omron to buy NHK Spring's optical coupler business.
• Protocol converter connects to Profinet.
• Pressure transducer targets gas, oil uses.
• Dual-system flow controller.
• CompoNet specification is near, says ODVA.
• SiC Semiconductors.(silicon carbide)(Editorial)
  by Bartos, Frank J.