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The client now has its press operating at full capacity, with improved quality control and greater functionality.

Macrodyne turns to Delta Motion for help with seemingly impossible press upgrade

Industrial PCs

How are industrial PCs affected by software updates?

How to avoid firmware incompatibility for IPCs with help from IT departments

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Development Platforms

Software-controlled automated systems optimize data collection and communication

Mike Bacidore

Control, monitor and adjust processes through software interfaces, rather than rewiring or manually adjusting hardware

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PLCs/PACs

How are PLCs and PACs different and the same?

Tobey Strauch

Controllers, Linux, programming and containerization in industrial automation

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Development Platforms

SDA allows modular control systems and integration of components from multiple vendors

Mike Bacidore

Decoupling of hardware and software allows for standardized automation applications to run across IT and OT hardware platforms

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Data Acquisition & Monitoring

Remote monitoring and diagnostics require security

Jeremy Pollard

System access for monitoring, control and diagnostics must include protections

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Financials

What do Trump's tariffs mean for machine builders and system integrators?

How can new tariffs rattle supply chains? Test your knowledge with this quiz

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Development Platforms

Software-designed automation is a mindset change from hardware approach

Mike Bacidore

SDA emphasizes flexible, open-source, universal protocols and agnostic platforms

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Industrial PCs

How software updates impact industrial PCs

Joey Stubbs

Work with IT departments to avoid firmware and driver incompatibility and to meet regulations and standards

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Financials

How North American machine builders can survive tariff talk

Jeremy Pollard

What impact will US tariffs have on automation trade with Canada?

Flowchart of a possible DesignOps workflow that, on the one hand, needs software-defined automation (SDA) to work and also enables a wider adoption of SDA.

Development Platforms

Agentic AI needs SDA to bring a faster pace and more innovation to the world of automation

Mike Bacidore

Acceleer founder Davy Demeyer: software-defined automation will enable speed, scalability and flexibility to applications

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Encoders

What is the function of an encoder?

What is an encoder, and how do they convert mechanical movement into electrical code?

Products

Time-Sensitive Networking

HMS Networks wireless 5G networking

March 10, 2025

HMS Networks offers the Anybus Wireless Bolt 5G, designed to connect industrial networks over 5G. Its unique bolt-on form factor, pre-directed antennas, IP67 protection, and minimal...

Time-Sensitive Networking

Wago injector and converter

WAGO

March 7, 2025

Wago’s power over Ethernet (PoE) injectors and media converters make communication fast and powerful. With a small footprint and wide temperature range, these products are...

Switches & Gateways

Pepperl+Fuchs Ethernet switch

Pepperl+Fuchs, Inc.

March 6, 2025

Pepperl+Fuchs’ RocketLinx series Ethernet switches are designed for mission-critical environments that require extended operating temperatures, rugged enclosures, high-performance...