Ryan Taylor

10/31/2012

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Like many other students, I considered my TI-89 graphing calculator to be a lifeline during high school calculus and beyond. That device (which I still have and use today) was my first formal introduction to Texas Instruments, and since then I&r...

Jack Cosgrove

10/24/2012

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SharePoint external data columns are an invaluable tool when drawing data from sources outside SharePoint, as I reported in previous blog entries. Whether the data exist in SQL Server, a WCF web service, or elsewhere, external data columns can integr...

Jessica Mlinaric

10/18/2012

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After the success of last year's Oktoberfest Open House and our Tres de Mayo party last spring, DMC had many requests for another Oktoberfest celebration. We held our second annual Oktoberfest party on October 11, 2012 and a great ...

Stephanie Balavitch

10/17/2012

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Working for DMC means that a few times every year you get to participate in an all-day company meeting. These meetings take place offsite and they give everyone a chance to have a great time together while taking part in brainstorming sessions and fu...

Jessica Mlinaric

10/17/2012

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Patrick Corcoran, Systems Engineer What drew you to DMC? I was looking for a smaller company where I could continue systems engineering and DMC was a great fit. Chicago was also a big draw, and it’s close to my hometown of St. Louis. W...

Jason Mayes

10/16/2012

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A few weeks ago I had the chance to experiment with serial communications using a Siemens S7-1200 PLC outfitted with a CM1241 (RS-485 module). Due to the limited number of projects we've had using the 1200 line of PLCs, this was an office first. ...

Cesar Pena

10/16/2012

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One of the most interesting and fun projects I have worked at DMC was to develop a Dimensional Measurement system for our customer LTS Scale.   In a nutshell, the system calculates the volume of an object on a forklift pallet. ...

DMC

10/08/2012

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Those who visit DMC may notice our ever-changing "Quote Board." This is where we document the most infamous utterances of the moment.

Otto Gottlieb

10/05/2012

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Seeing Blues Traveler perform at Harry Caray’s on Navy Pier for Mark Locascio's welcome party is not the ordinary Thursday evening. However, Mark is not an ordinary person, but an extraordinary and very important person who deserves to...

Boris Cherkasskiy

10/01/2012

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TI (Texas Instruments) is awesome - I've always known it. What I like the most is their extremely low-cost ($4.30, who beats that?) Launchpad development kit that includes 2 "value line" (pronounced "super-cheap") mi...