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 ...

The project is designed to switch industrial loads using a user programmable logic control device and Android application for sequential operation. The project is designed to operate electrical loads ...

Rockwell Automation announces the new Allen-Bradley Micro820 programmable logic controller (PLC), a new addition to the Allen-Bradley Micro800 PLC family. The 20-point Micro820 controller features ...

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 ...

Acromag has introduced the XMC‑FZU7EV module, an embedded computing solution built around the AMD (Xilinx) Zynq UltraScale+ ...

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 ...

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; ...

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 ...

An overview of the hardware and software components of PLCs and their programming languages. A programmable logic controller (PLC) is an industrial solid-state computer that monitors inputs and ...

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, ...