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HVAC Control in the New Millennium.pdf - HVAC.Amickracing

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<strong>HVAC</strong> <strong>Control</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>New</strong> <strong>Millennium</strong>Table 2-3. Major Events <strong>in</strong> Industrial <strong>Control</strong>————————————————————————————————Early 1940sPneumatic TransmissionsMid-1940sFirst PID <strong>Control</strong>lersLate 1940sTransistor Invented1950 Electronic Analog <strong>Control</strong>Late 1950sFirst <strong>Control</strong> Room HMIEarly 1960sSoftwareComputer Digital <strong>Control</strong> (DDC)Late 1960sIntegrated CircuitsFirst RAM ChipEarly 1970sFax Mach<strong>in</strong>e ProliferationMicroprocessor IntroducedPLC Ladder LogicMid-1970sFirst PC IntroducedDistributed <strong>Control</strong> System (DCS)Late 1970sObject Oriented Programm<strong>in</strong>gLate 1980sCell PhonesPC-based HMI SoftwareEarly 1990sInternet Use ExplodesField-based ArchitecturesMid-1990sIntelligent I/OLate 1990sE-commerce StartsComplex Adaptive SystemsEarly 2000sThird-Generation WirelessHuman Genome Project CompleteDirect Digital L<strong>in</strong>e to Bra<strong>in</strong>Mid-2010sNanotechnologyBio-chips IntroducedLate 2010sMoore’s Law Obsolete————————————————————————————————Biochemical ComputersScientists are mak<strong>in</strong>g computers out of strands of syn<strong>the</strong>tic DNAra<strong>the</strong>r than silicon chips. These computers perform computations simultaneouslyra<strong>the</strong>r than one at a time, as today’s mach<strong>in</strong>es do. This makes<strong>the</strong>m potentially much faster.©2001 by The Fairmont Press, Inc. All rights reserved.

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