The world has faced many geopolitical, environmental, economic, and technological changes over the past several years, and with these have come new learnings and opportunities to refine our practices ...

Introduction: Why Older PLCs Are Still Everywhere. The hidden backbone of modern manufacturing Many plants today are ...

When it comes to controllers, manufacturers and industrial companies are often inclined to leave something that works well enough alone. After all, with the right maintenance, programmable logic ...

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 ...

Operational leaders must recognize the invisible tipping point where legacy systems eventually cost more to maintain than to replace. Failing to identify this threshold can silently erode profit ...

The LS Electric XGB PLC family is designed to be versatile for flexible configurations. Users can choose to use a single PLC unit as a standalone controller with 32 built-in I/O points. Alternatively, ...

Interface modules are designed to cater to the specific requirements of users, allowing for installation and control cabinets across all industry sectors. In ...

An HVAC company in search of modern machine-control advantages finds an Arduino-compatible open PLC controller is the solution. Like many modern-day makers and hobbyists, I have always been inspired ...

In late 2023, hackers tied to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps broke into programmable logic controllers at American water utilities using a technique that required no special tools and no ...

Well-designed edge controllers remain highly compatible with existing PLC/PAC ecosystems. Embrace new strategies and tools to adapt and gain new capabilities. Edge computing, new communication methods ...

Two vulnerabilities in industrial programmable logic controllers (PLCs) from Rockwell Automation threaten critical infrastructure and industrial environments with disruption. Both of these ...