When electronics release the Magic Smoke, more often than not it’s a fairly sedate event. Something overheats, the packaging gets hot enough to emit that characteristic and unmistakable odor, and ...

Embedded microcontrollers are the original SoC devices. In the last few years FPGA and PLD manufacturers have proffered the term "System- on- a Programmable Chip" (SOPC) which captures the idea of ...

Reconfigurable systems make it possible to create extremely high-performance implementations for many different types of applications. While techniques such as logic emulation provide a new tool ...

System integrators share their tips on the differences between PLCs, PACs, and Industrial PCs, including their best use cases and how to choose the right one for your environment. Allen-Bradley ...

Erqos has announced a phone and cloud connected programmable logic controller backed by an AI-based semi-automatic control code generator, and a similar tool for making matching phone apps. The ...

VICTORIA, BC / ACCESSWIRE / May 6, 2024 / Green Edge Computing Corp (GECCO) announces the demonstration of virtualization for programmable logic control algorithms provided by CODESYS using the ...

How PLCs enable automated systems to be altered via software rather than hardware changes. Why PACs are often used when integrating capabilities such as safety, motion, distributed I/O, and network ...

Electrical SCADA Market By Architecture analysis (Hardware Software Services) By Component analysis (Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) Master Terminal Unit (MTU) Human Machine Interface (HMI) Programmable ...

There are misconceptions about what SoftPLCs can and can’t do. A SoftPLC is a software-based version of a programmable logic controller (PLC). The term SoftPLC has been used for many years, and like ...

This file type includes high-resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. One of the key parts of automation is observing variation, and a process’ ability to control it. Reducing variation ...