If you’ve spent any time on a factory or plant floor, it is a good bet you’ve run into PLCs (Programmable Logic Controllers). These are rugged computers that do simple control and monitoring functions ...
It has become popular to use Arduino or Raspberry Pi together with a Shield card to connect and experiment with PLC control and programming. But if I was interested in doing a similar thing directly ...
The MAXREFDES64# reference design features 8-channel digital inputs with isolated power and data. The design integrates a 600VRMS data isolator (MAX14850); a STM32F1 microcontroller; a FTDI USB-UART ...
Industry 4.0 marks the fourth industrial revolution, characterized by distributed, intelligent control systems. Breaking from a past with large, centralized programmable-logic controllers, Industry ...