The goal is to allow the PLC to be continually upgraded like a smartphone instead of being doomed to obsolescence. Controller manufacturers have created their own app stores to provide links for ...

This new generation of PACs integrates control, information processing, and networking in a single control system with a unique dual controller architecture that makes it superior to other PAC's in ...

Schneider Electric is taking a bold step toward the future by completely changing its control architecture, moving away from the hardware-dependent system of the past to an open, software-centric ...

While robot original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) each offer their own tightly integrated controllers, recent developments now enable control by a programmable logic controller, or PLC. For ...