About this site
This site provides technical articles and tools with interactive figures you can touch, for engineers and technical practitioners working worldwide. It brings together the knowledge we wished we had known sooner, and the tools the author and fellow practitioners wanted. The articles are technical explanations built around live diagrams. The tools run in the browser, and as a rule they process everything in the browser.
Technical articles
They are technical explanations built around live diagrams — how something is used in the field, and where people usually get stuck, rather than textbook surveys.
- Encoders, kinematics, circuits, plant LANs, and other figures you can try
- Practical use and common pitfalls
- Demos so the explanation is not read-only
Tools
They run in the browser. No install, no account — open the URL and use them.
Input is processed in the browser by default. When server-side processing is required, that is stated on the page, and entered data is not kept beyond the session.
- Field and development tools: HMI color review, QR codes for part marking, world time zones
- Helpers for communications and plant equipment
- Everyday conversions and date calculations when you need them
Operator
ToolCluster is run by one person. See About the Operator and Contact.