Industrial control systems have grown increasingly complex, requiring faster response times, more adaptability, and seamless integration with digital ...

A German PLC-maker has come up with a technique for programming its controllers using Microsoft`s PowerPoint presentation package. Hiquel says that this approach offers a graphic programming ...

For PLC programming, U.S control engineers and technicians turn typically to ladder logic, a programming technique that’s been around since the birth of programmable logic controllers, or PLCs, in the ...

How PLCs enable automated systems to be altered via software rather than hardware changes. Why PACs are often used when integrating capabilities such as safety, motion, distributed I/O, and network ...