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

Looking at recent industrial machinery products, it’s clear that many OEMs have shifted away from the use of control systems with rack-mounted PLCs or PACs, pilot lights, gauges and push buttons, and ...

As OEMs continue to move toward leaner design, operator interfaces have evolved into replacements such as automated panels for PLCs in many machine applications. So what are the differences between ...

Over the past decade, new microprocessor technologies have literally changed the face of business and consumer computing. Your tried-and-true automation technologies are now going through a similarly ...

EU Automation explains how manufacturers can use programmable logic controllers and still reduce the risks of cyberattacks like Stuxnet, one of the worst in industrial history. The Stuxnet worm first ...

The programmable logic controller (PLC) is an important component in most modern automation and process control systems today. It's also susceptible to lightning-induced transients. To verify the ...

Southern California Edison (SCE) has been remote controlling and automating substations since the late 1940s using a combination of single point-to-point supervisory control and single ...

Monitoring takes the form of sensors and intelligent devices connected to a digital processor. These monitored values are used for computing and then controlling some sort of real-world action. Many ...