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Coding for Automation: Programming a PLC

On January 3, 2025 in All, Automation, General, Industrial, IoT by Mike Parks

PLCs bridge the industrial and information revolutions, evolving from manual rewiring to programmable automation and advanced networking, enabling IIoT integration and real-time data exchange. Early PLCs required assembly or Fortran knowledge, but ladder logic emerged as the dominant programming method.

Tagged With: automation, digital, factory, iec 61131-3, industrial, industrial revolution 4.0, information, ladder logic, manufacturing, plc, programming

New Tech Tuesdays: Designers Face Unlimited Opportunities with Human-Machine Interfaces

On March 7, 2022 in All, Automation, Automotive, General, Industrial, IoT, Medical, New Tech Tuesdays, Sensors by Tommy Cummings

In this week's New Tech Tuesday, we'll look at human-machine interface products from NXP Semiconductors, Microchip Technology, and Phoenix Contact.

Tagged With: hmi, human-machine interface, i.mx rt500, maxtouch 1066-node, microchip technology, nxp semiconductors, phoenix contact, plc, programmable logic controllers

PLCs - The Intelligent Industrial Computer

On March 3, 2022 in All, Computing, General, Industrial by Amphenol Communication Solutions

Learn how rapid developments in industrial automation have made PLCs an essential part of any manufacturing environment.

Tagged With: amphenol communications solutions, bergstak, digital computers, millipacs, minitek, plc, programmable logic controllers

PLCnext Technology…Open to the Future

On August 13, 2020 in All, Computing, IoT, Open Source by Yuri Chamarelli

PLCnext, a customizable open-control platform, enables engineers to run previously incompatible programming languages simultaneously. Learn how PLCnext gives an unprecedented amount of flexibility that organizations can harness to meet the challenges of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) revolution.

Tagged With: iiot, industrial automation, industrial internet of things, linux, linux debian os, linux os, phoenix contact, plc, plcnext, programmable logic controllers, yocto project®

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