31 January 2017 At the recent SPS IPC Drives show in Germany, the Taiwanese automation manufacturer Delta announced a range of IP55-protected vector control variable-speed drives for fan,… Read More
6 October 2016 The global market for PLCs (programmable logic controllers) shrank by 11.5% in 2015, and is continuing to contract this year, according to analysis by IHS… Read More
16 August 2016 Cisco’s “threat intelligence organisation” Talos has discovered a vulnerability in Rockwell Automation’s MicroLogix 1400 PLCs that could allow cyber-attackers to take control of affected devices… Read More
27 May 2016 Turck has announced a technology that allows users to add logic functions to I/O devices without needing a PLC, thus driving down the cost per… Read More
2 November 2015 Rockwell Automation has issued firmware updates for some of its Allen-Bradley MicroLogic 1100 and 1400 PLCs to tackle security vulnerabilities that, if left unpatched, could… Read More
13 August 2015 An Austrian company has developed a range of PLCs (programmable logic controllers) based on the open-source Arduino platform and backed by $65,829 of crowd-sourced funding,… Read More
5 March 2015 Mitsubishi Electric has released new generations of two of its key controls ranges – Melsec iQ-R programmable automation controllers (PACs) and iQ-F compact PLCs. While… Read More
22 January 2015 After slowing sharply in 2012, the global market for PLCs (programmable logic controllers) has rebounded strongly and will expand from $10.4bn in 2013 to reach… Read More
6 October 2014 California-based Maxim Integrated Products has announced a modular micro-PLC platform with a footprint that, it claims, is 10% the size of traditional PLCs, as well… Read More
13 August 2014 Revenues from the global market for PLCs slipped by by 2.1% in 2013, according to a new report from the market analyst, IHS. It attributes… Read More
