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 ...

After one year of advanced vocational training at China's Jinhua University of Vocational Technology, 30 students from Rwanda Polytechnic Musanze College are ...

The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate a low-cost automation system for management of different fertigation regimes in tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum L.) grown in a protected ...

Growing emphasis on industrial safety and rising acceptance of automation systems are the key factors driving growth in the safety programmable controller market. An SPC utilizes safety functions ...

NOTE: This program has been terminated and isn't accepting new students. Faculty advisors will work with current students to complete the certificate by August 2027. The Advanced PLC Programming ...

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 ...

OpenPLC is an open-source industrial controls platform that allows the transformation of popular microcontrollers into a programmable logic controller (PLC). OpenPLC is a fully functional open-source ...

Successful PLC programming involves the implementation of image comparison algorithms, pattern recognition techniques and barcode or QR-code readers to enhance the accuracy of inspections. Jan. 31, ...

Abstract: Many attempts have been made to implement supervisors derived by synthesis procedures peculiar to the supervisory control theory (SCT), most adopting the event-based supervisory control ...

Dick Morley, the "father" of the PLC explained in a recent exclusive interview, "Our design philosophy was simple; put a bunch of relays in a box!" At the time, Morley was working at Bedford ...