Omron Automation & Safety now offers RFID Controllers that communicate across the CPU bus directly to Sysmac NJ Machine Automation Controllers and Omron CJ and CS series PLCs for an easy-to-integrate ...

The list of non-industrial technologies changing industrial automation seems to grow longer each year (see the list at the bottom of this article highlighting the IT-sector technologies currently ...

A three-day training program for automation technology and IEC 61131 programming will occur on five separate dates in 2016. A three-day training program for automation technology and IEC 61131 ...

“Open interoperability is essential for the next generation of autonomous manufacturing,” said Bouchard. “By releasing Flexxbotics Transformers as open source, we’re enabling companies to build, ...

The programmable logic controller (PLC) is an important component in most modern automation and process control systems today. It's also susceptible to lightning-induced transients. To verify the ...

to accelerate open interoperability across a wide range of manufacturing environments with different tools, machines, and ...

While PLCs (programmable logic controllers) are an industry norm, demands for data, memory, and processing power are intensifying. Soon enough, the PLCs may no longer be the go-to industrial computer.

While robot original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) each offer their own tightly integrated controllers, recent developments now enable control by a programmable logic controller, or PLC. For ...

Street lighting in its many forms—roadway lighting, tunnel lighting, car park lighting, and urban lighting— is a major consumer of electricity. All outdoor lighting is, in fact, estimated to comprise ...

Basics of Ladder Logic provides an overview of the basic principles, structure, and symbols of ladder logic programming. This class introduces the components of ladder logic programming language used ...