Projects – Evan Boldt

Allen Bradley Add-On Instruction Caveats

It is important to understand how data flows between AOIs since we have been using them extensively and there are some tricky caveats that can make programming or debugging more difficult. The misleading names of “External Access” and “Local” probably explains why there is inconsistent behavior on the “External Access” Read more…

By Evan Boldt, 2 months2024-02-21 ago

Screenshot of web application generating an importable alarm list for ever alarm message in the PLC.

HMI Alarm Generation from PLC Code

Maintaining a complete list of alarms on both the PLC and HMI can be tedious and inaccurate to such an extent that when it’s time to crunch, alarms get missed that really should be created in code and added to the HMI. This difficulty can cause “ghost” faults in the Read more…

By Evan Boldt, 2 months2024-02-21 ago

Example of tag aliases generated from a page of an electrical schematic.

PLC Tag Generation from Schematics

Developed an in-browser web application that takes DWG and DXF files and converts them into files that can be imported into Allen Bradley RSLogix 5000 / Studio 5000. The generated aliases point to hardware points in the correct format for their respective modules. The resulting code will then have information Read more…

By Evan Boldt, 2 months2024-02-21 ago

Video Recording – Plastic Extrusion Die Splitting

Recorded video for product demonstration. Sony A7IV, Ronin gimbal. Also recorded video for another iteration of the product: The videos both demonstrate the features and operation of the the product.

By Evan Boldt, 2 months2024-02-15 ago

Blender Addon – Node Navigation

A Blender script that adds a gizmo to the top right of node editors that shows an overview of all of the nodes, and where the view is at. It’s like the minimap on a HUD in a game, or the navigator on an image editor.

By Evan Boldt, 6 months2023-11-12 ago

Plastic Sheet Extrusion Controls Programming Team Lead

I was responsible for maintaining the library of current code to be used in new systems while developing innovative new features and programming and installing new equipment for customers. New Features Developed I personally developed many of the most innovative new features, several of which were featured in marketing communications Read more…

By Evan Boldt, 6 months2023-11-07 ago

QA Gauging Web HMI

Created a web HMI using no proprietary software that communicates with an Allen Bradley PLC system and an Oracle database to display complex part gauging and data and relay part data between the plant database and the PLC. The HMI application was written in React JS, communicated with a Node.JS Read more…

By Evan Boldt, 2 years2022-04-16 ago

Videogame Dunkey

Professionally edited official Twitch stream highlight clips for popular YouTube personality Dunkey with around 7 million subscribers. Edited and delivered over 20 videos with millions of views. Yo Noid 2 : Game of the Year Edition Gamer Reacts to Rare N64 Prototype Disassembly Ketchup is Replacing Humans Dunkey Reacts to Read more…

By Evan Boldt, 3 years2021-10-03 ago

Color Harmonies – Live analysis and filters

A web application that analyzes images for standard color harmonies, searches for a best fit, and then filters the input image to fit the harmony better. The harmony may be changed, and hue can be selected manually. The idea is to allow artists, photographers, and videographers to analyze their own Read more…

By Evan Boldt, 4 years2020-09-07 ago

Product Demo – “Robotic Large Part Palletizing with Vision System Compensation”

I recorded and edited this video that shows a system with uniquely large parts and loose fixturing requiring vision compensation. The customer parts needed to be kept confidential, so extra editing time was dedicated to censoring the parts from the video without obscuring too much of what was happening in Read more…

By Evan Boldt, 4 years2020-09-07 ago