MAXREFDES130# is an Arduino® form-factor shield compatible with ARM® mbed™ and Arduino platforms providing a complete reference for prototyping your next building automation design. This design ...

Why the big push toward digitization in the built environment? What aspects of a building have the most potential for positive operational and environmental impact? What does long-term value truly ...

From mitigating labor shortages to modernizing the supply chain, the adoption of automation technology is accelerating to bridge gaps and keep large-scale facilities running effectively to meet modern ...

In building automation, the user interface often determines how quickly an operator can understand system performance or respond to an alarm. While controllers, networks, and protocols get most of the ...

systems. The scalable Sitara processor portfolio offers an opportunity to build a platform solution that also spans beyond Building Control Systems. Commercial buildings contribute to 40 percent of ...

The maturation of communications technologies and the expansion of industry standards relating to cabling systems and protocols have made facilities and IT managers hungry for a single cabling system ...

Chris Lane is the Director of Product Management for Building Automation System (BAS) products at Johnson Controls. In this role, Lane leads a team of product managers responsible for defining the ...

Various analog design automation attempts have addressed the shortcomings of the still largely manual and, thus, inefficient and risky analog design approach. These methods can roughly be divided into ...

Download this article in PDF format. Buildings—with a carbon footprint even greater than that of the transportation sector—account for a significant portion of the total energy consumption in the ...

Murphy’s Law decrees: “Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.” For any of us whose livelihood depends on our labor, things going wrong could mean: “Anything that can be automated, will be ...

With energy usage and costs being such major issues these days, attention has now turned to commercial buildings that collectively consume about 40% of the nation’s energy budget. Millions of people ...