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 ...

Low-code and modular programming environments are transforming PLC programming, with vendors providing pre-packaged libraries and objects that eliminate traditional IEC-61131-3 style coding, allowing ...

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 ...