Since its invention of the PLC 40 years ago, Modicon has come a long way. Now part of the Telemecanique brand, Modicon products remain the most advanced in programmable automation technology.

Schneider Electric has expanded its automation portfolio with the addition of three new Modicon controllers – M221, M241 and M251. All versions are optimised for Ethernet communication and include a ...

The Modicon line began in 1968 with the introduction of the first-ever programmable logic controller (PLC), capable of real-time logic solving. It continues today with the Modicon M340 PAC, a platform ...

Modicon is a brand of programmable logic controllers (PLCs) that has been in the market since the 1960s.

The PLC was born in the early years of microprocessor development, when all sorts of software development languages were emerging, so the question occurs: "Why choose Relay Ladder Logic (RLL) as the ...

The Validatable PLC service allows companies in the pharmaceutical and other critical process industries to update their legacy systems without expensive and time-consuming revalidatation. The service ...

Father of the PLC Dick Morley sets the record straight on PC-based control and what differentiates it from PLCs. Dick Morley is considered by many to be the father of the programmable logic controller ...

Researchers demonstrated recently that hackers could launch a Stuxnet-style attack against Schneider Electric’s Modicon programmable logic controllers (PLCs), but it’s believed that products from ...