There are many vendors and sources of PLCs: Automation Direct, FactoryMation, B&B Electronics, and yes, even eBay, among others. I will use the Click PLC available from Automation Direct as an example ...

Extended Micro800 PLC family now offers more features and options to allow machine builders the scalability required for more cost-effective machine control Rockwell Automation announces the new Allen ...

For most processes in the automation industry, a failure to function can cause inconvenience, loss of production and monetary loss. But more severe failure poses a safety hazard to personnel. When ...

When learning ladder logic, I was told that some new PLC systems were moving to scripted programming languages. My instructor assured us that we would not need to know anything other than ladder logic ...

Advance your automation skills to maintain and monitor existing robots, help develop future technologies, and educate users on implementation and applications. Analyze electrical control circuits; ...

It should be no surprise to many that one can use a Raspbery Pi SBC as an industrial controller, but is it any good at that? That was the question which [Dough Reneker] and [William Shaffer] built a ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More AMD introduced its Spartan UltraScale+ programmable logic chips for edge ...

Austin, Texas, June 7, 2016 — Menta SAS, a provider of embedded FPGA (eFPGA) Intellectual Property (IP), today announced the next generation of its embedded programmable logic IP cores for SoCs. The ...

The Model 340 Trip-Amp is designed as a simple, cost-effective, non-programmable logic solver solution that is appropriate for applications where programmable electronic logic-solvers may be overkill, ...