In industrial applications, controlling relays, servos, solenoids, and the like isn’t just a matter of wiring in an Arduino and plugging in some code. No, for reliable operation you’ll need a PLC – a ...

Socionext is sampling its SC11320A, an LSI chip that embeds an HD-PLC 4 IP core compliant with the IEEE 1901-2020 standard for broadband over power line networks. The SC11320A enables the ...

In the emerging Internet of Things (IoT) market, powerline communication (PLC) is one of the preferred connectivity solutions for transferring data between devices. Using the omnipresent power line ...

The Stuxnet worm first infected Windows computers at the Iranian Bushehr nuclear power plant when it gained access to the computers by USB. A USB is considered vulnerable to an onsite hacker attack—in ...

As engineers, we often need to design a customized control system or interface to address a need which can”t be met with an off-the-shelf interface device. In the used-to-be days, we”d get a Bud box, ...

[Florian] and [Xavier Carcelle] started the day at 25C3 by covering power line communication. PLC technology is not widespread in the US, but has gained popularity in countries like France where it’s ...

An IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) working group has developed a powerline-network standard that will enable the incompatible Home Plug and Panasonic HD-PLC standards to ...

Researchers with the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) have created a prototype rootkit that can sit undetected in the firmware of a programmable logic controller (PLC) device and corrupt ...