If your usual tools are the Arduino and the Raspberry Pi, you might find it surprising that the industrial world tends to run on Programmable Logic Controllers, or PLCs. You can think of a PLC as a ...

Key market opportunities in the PLC sector include the shift to software-defined automation, driven by Industry 4.0 adoption and demand for modular architectures in large plants. Asia-Pacific leads ...

This tutorial offers an in-depth introduction into programmable logic controllers (PLCs). The article starts with an overview of the history and the role PLCs in factory automation. The basic ...

Have you ever found yourself deep into a complex PLC program, struggling to decipher the logic behind it? Frustrating, right? Well, what if I told you there’s a powerful tool that can not only ...

When a PLC is used primarily to replace relays, timers, and counters, it's hard to beat the simplicity and usefulness of ladder diagram programming. Their ability to accept programming in ladder ...

The modern programmable logic controller (PLC) is at the nexus of two debates that are taking place daily at opposite ends of the control-system spectrum. At one end is the debate over the ideal ...

Industrial automation technologies have made manufacturing processes increasingly more efficient. Programmable logic controllers (PLCs) are commonly used in industrial automation, and many of these ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--According to the latest market research report released by Technavio, the global programmable logic controller market is expected to accelerate at a CAGR of almost 6% during ...

In the narrative of Industry 4.0, the cloud has long been the protagonist. It promised infinite storage, massive computing power, and the ability to aggregate d ...

Get a glance at the market contribution of rest of the segments - Download a FREE Sample Report in minutes! 1.1 Fastest growing segment: Modular Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) consist of ...