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Tag: IEC 61131-3

Advantages of Re-Usable Code

By Frank Posted on November 21, 2016 Posted in PLCs, Software & Programming Tagged with AOI, IEC 61131-3, PLC Data Types, Reusable PLC Code, UDDT, UDT

Recently I’ve seen some good discussions on PLCs (Programmable Logic Controllers) vs. PACs (Programmable Automation Controllers), and it got me thinking about what really differentiates the two. Some have said that it is having a more powerful processor, or more …

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By Frank Posted on October 2, 2016 Posted in Guest Posts, Software & Programming Tagged with CodeSys, IEC 61131-3, Itris Automation, PLC Standards, PLCopen, PLCs

Industrial automation has changed drastically over the past century. From the Charlie Chaplin style factories, where companies were reliant on people to manage the factory floor, to today, where factories are highly automated with only a few people present on …

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