One of the most powerful capabilities of programmable logic controllers (PLCs) that conform to the IEC 61131-3 standard is the functionality that allows application engineers to create function blocks ...

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. When designing a control system, where the safety system is to be networked, where would you start? To understand the ...

The SICK Function Block Factory is the first web-based service of its type that enables users to create function blocks automatically from any IO-link device with an I/O device description (IODD), no ...

More than 2,000 years ago, Aristotle argued that our thoughts are based on internal representations of the external world, and he distinguished between sensation (the image impinging on the retina) ...

The PLCopen Motion Control Specification harmonizes the access of motion-control functionality across platforms, explains Eelco van der Wal, managing director of PLCopen (www.plcopen.org), Zaltbommel, ...

The SafeDESIGNER library gives users working with safety-critical press applications an easier time setting up the necessary safety functions. The library constitutes a complete set of the function ...

Functions generated by blocks were introduced by M. Taibleson and G. Weiss in the setting of the one-dimensional torus $T \lbrack TW1 \rbrack$. They showed that these ...