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The idea of modularity in automation hardware and software has been a long sought-after goal across the manufacturing and processing industries. Taking a tour through any production facility will ...

In the information technology world, open-source platforms and software, as an alternative to proprietary ones, have long been commonly accepted. In process controls, not so much. That could be ...

Fragmented naming conventions and unstructured data across PLCs, SCADA, MES and ERP systems undermine even the most advanced ...

Emerging electronic control challenges in process industries revolve around the increasing complexity and connectivity of systems, alongside the need for greater efficiency, reliability, and security.

This publication provides specific recommendations on research reactor instrumentation and control systems and software important to safety, including instrumentation and control system architecture ...

The need to avoid expensive redevelopment has spurred safety-system evolution from hardwired to networked and now to integrated. Safety-rated controls are also proliferating, and increasingly precise ...

For utilities and IPPs operating older gas turbines, the superior reliability, availability and safety resulting from the application of open control systems equates directly to greater unit ...

Graceful Shutdown: Ensuring the motor and controller are shut down safely when the application is stopped. If the application operates on a multicore MCU/DSP/FPGA, an appropriate inter-core ...

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Parker Aerospace, a business segment of Parker Hannifin Corporation (NYSE:PH), the global leader in motion and control technologies, today announced it has supplied ...