Industrial automation projects get a lot of attention at the PLC layer. Which controller platform to use. Which programming ...

Old habits die hard. But change is inevitable. And in this case, if proponents are right, change is on the way in the form of an open PLC programming standard known as IEC 61131-3. Promulgated by the ...

With Open Core Engineering, KAT engineers can now perform full programming control in the LabView environment without having to create PLC code in a separate program. Source: Bosch Rexroth. Kraus ...

Machines and processes are controlled using many strategies, from simple ladder logic to custom algorithms for specialized process control, but proportional-integral-derivative (PID) is the most ...