Automation World

Virtual PLCs Explained: Why Manufacturers Are Revisiting Their Approach to Controllers

Virtual PLCs run control logic in software instead of hardware. Here's what that means for your manufacturing operation.
Semiconductor Engineering

AI Starting To Simplify Design Of Programmable Logic

AI/ML and agentic tools are getting better at helping design and compile FPGAs, but downstream programming is slower to benefit. FPGAs historically have been designed using Verilog or VHDL, but higher ...
IEEE

SSTAF: Security Settings-Based Threat Assessment Framework of Programmable Logic Controllers

Abstract: Industrial control systems (ICSs) govern the production activities of various critical infrastructures, where programmable logic controllers (PLCs) are essential devices for controlling ...
IEEE

Stepper Motor Position Control Using PD and MPC Algorithms Embedded in Programmable Logic Controller

Abstract: This research studies the implementation of Proportional-Derivative (PD) and Model Predictive Control (MPC) approaches embedded in an industrial Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) to ...
Crypto Briefing

Jim Bianco: AI will surpass the internet’s impact, SaaS pricing models are under threat, and crypto is emerging as programmable money | Bankless

Jim Bianco is President and Macro Strategist at Bianco Research, LLC. He previously served as a fixed income strategist at firms including UBS and First Boston. Since 1990, his commentaries have ...