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Programmable controllers automate industrial processes by receiving input signals, processing data, and sending control commands to actuators for implementation.
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The Silent Automation Layer Nobody Talks About: Middleware Becoming the Real Control System
Middleware became a control system, and it did so without inheriting any of the discipline we spent seventy years wrapping around control systems.
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Festo Introduces Intelligent End Plates for Remote I/O System Expansion
Intelligent end plates extend system flexibility across zones, simplifying hybrid layouts and speeding commissioning. -
One PLC for Data Center Cooling Control
Reduce system complexity in data center cooling applications with a single device that handles control, communication and visualization. No gateways. No extra layers. Built for reliable, real-time operation. -
Siemens Launches the Eigen Engineering Agent, Bringing Purpose-Built AI to Industrial Automation Engineering
Eigen Engineering Agent marks shift from AI that generates suggestions to AI that carries out engineering tasks end-to-end. -
Siemens Presents LOGO! 9, the New Generation of Logic Controller
LOGO! 9 offers twice the function block count with up to 800, enabling significantly more complex logic applications so that in many cases no additional control devices are required.
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