September 2023

One of the biggest benefits of PC-based systems is their flexibility. Software-based applications can be upgraded, modified or replaced. Two companies took advantage of that flexibility with modular improvements made to systems using PC-based control: George T. Hall and Communications Test Design.

September 2023

Digital Edition

Arduino’s Guneet Bedi explains how AI, edge computing and the IIoT will impact the future of machine control

Mike Bacidore

Aug. 25, 2023

Integration of machine controls with the IIoT has allowed factories to connect machines, sensors and controllers

How to select and communicate with uninterruptible power supplies

Aug. 24, 2023

Emerson’s Kyle McLeod explains the necessities and benefits of the UPS

Industrial PCs

How OEMs should choose between PLCs/PACs and industrial PCs

Mike Bacidore

Aug. 23, 2023

Manufacturers’ long-term control-system considerations could sway machine builders’ decisions

Programmable safety’s architectural flexibility and scalability has evolved.

Beckhoff’s Christopher Woller explains integrated safety logic

Aug. 22, 2023

The evolution of integrated machine safety: Architectures, impacts and resources

Data Acquisition & Monitoring

Satisfying data hunger: Edge and cloud strategies in the growing landscape of data collection and transmission

Mike Bacidore

Aug. 16, 2023

How to address the demand for more data and use automation technology to leverage it

More content from September 2023

Data Acquisition & Monitoring

Unlocking enhanced motion control: How deterministic networks and time-sensitive networking are changing industrial automation

Anna Townshend

Aug. 14, 2023

Industry experts discuss how deterministic networks for motion control have transformed communication synchronization, technology scalability and IT/OT convergence