Though PLC (programmable logic controller) programming languages may not receive the attention that general computing programming languages, such as JavaScript, C#, or Python do, they remain critical ...

Programming can be more than just a chore. For one manufacturer of tobacco products, it was a weight—one that was helping to sink a complex automation project. The machine builder that the company had ...

When a PLC is used primarily to replace relays, timers, and counters, it's hard to beat the simplicity and usefulness of ladder diagram programming. Their ability to accept programming in ladder ...