Traditional industrial automation has long followed a hardware-first approach, where programming is tightly coupled to specific devices. Software-defined automation (SDA) reverses this by starting ...

Low-code and modular programming environments are transforming PLC programming, with vendors providing pre-packaged libraries and objects that eliminate traditional IEC-61131-3 style coding, allowing ...

Ethernet is becoming ubiquitous on factory floors. Expectations are, for example, that Ethernet nodes in the process industries will nearly double over the next few years. The market research firm IMS ...

The Senior Control Software Engineer plans, implements, modifies, administers and evaluates Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) software and systems for the company-Mid telescope. As a senior member ...

Schneider Electric outlines how software-defined automation is driving industrial growth at Hannover Messe Alongside AVEVA, company unveils latest innovations aimed at boosting industrial productivity ...

This first-of-its-kind, highly flexible testbed will showcase the advantages Open Process Automation, Digital Twin, and AI technologies can provide for manufacturers ANN ARBOR, MI / ACCESSWIRE / ...

MUNICH, Germany — With the acqusisition of industrial control software vendor innotec GmbH (Schwelm, Germany), the Siemens Industry Automation Division continues to shift its focus to software and ...

norelem is a global manufacturer and supplier of standard parts and components for mechanical engineering. With a ...

A severe vulnerability in a widely used industrial control software could have been used to disrupt and shut down power plants and other critical infrastructure. Researchers at security firm Tenable ...

Back in 1982, the CIA uncovered a plot by the Soviet Union to steal industrial software for controlling its rapidly expanding network of natural-gas pipelines. In response, the agency modified the ...

Some of the biggest challenges faced in securing industrial control systems involve integrating legacy and aging operational technology with modern IT systems. Engineering workstation compromises were ...

Imagine a 9-year-old lad making a crystal ra­dio set with his dad, an electrical engineer at Allen-Bradley for more than 30 years. Nearly half a century later, that lad is looking back on a successful ...