The automation giant sees its combination of digital technologies—including AI, digital twins, digital thread and SDA—as the ...

How thoughtful UI object selection can improve usability, reduce PLC programming, and streamline application development.

As hyperscalers struggle with delays, permitting fights, and mounting community backlash on new data center builds, overlooked brownfield facilities, including dark sites, are emerging as a practical ...

*V15.1–V18 and V20–V21 are expected to work as TIA Portal maintains backward-compatible Openness APIs across versions, but have not been tested. Only V19 is fully tested. TiaCommander is an MCP server ...

User-defined instructions (UDIs) let engineers write logic once and reuse it across many components, eliminating tedious copy-paste duplication. Any updates to a UDI definition automatically propagate ...

Ensures safe, stable, and optimized refinery operations through design, configuration, maintenance, and governance of control, safety, and automation systems.

Distinguish between traditional PLCs and virtual PLCs. Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of virtual PLCs. Understand the hardware and software layers that make up the virtual PLC technology ...

Programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and programmable automation controllers (PACs) are industrial computers constructed and adapted for manufacturing environments. These computers are the brains of ...