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Patrick Bunn and Mike Bacidore discuss the differences between PLCs and DCS on a call.

Patrick Bunn shares his insights with controls engineers

Over the years, Patrick Bunn has shared his control system expertise with Control Design's readers

Aug. 13, 2026

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When does a custom printed circuit board make sense for control?

Aug. 12, 2026

Paxton Shantz (from left), digital manufacturing industry manager, Beckhoff USA; Tom Vajdic, vice president of sales, Joseph Machine; and Albert Arustamyan, controls engineering manager, Joseph Machine.

Embedded Control

Joseph Machine cracks the code on flexible machining

Aug. 11, 2026

Top 20 PLC Security Practices: Protecting Critical Infrastructure & Control Systems

Beyond the air gap: How to secure PLCs in the wake of the CISA alert

Aug. 6, 2026

Mouser, Inc

Mouser

Aug. 3, 2026

Beckhoff's celebration of 40 years of PC-based control graphic with PCs, EtherCAT, cables and more grouped together against a slate gray background.

Beckhoff celebrates 40 years of PC-based control

July 29, 2026

Bristol Instruments OM 403UNI Series universal panel meter

Bristol Instruments universal panel meter

July 23, 2026

Engineer working on checking and maintenance equipment at wiring on PLC cabinet, Engineer checking status step up transformer

Deterministic control vs. advanced analytics

July 16, 2026

Businessman using tablet analyzing edge computing and growth graph chart, real-time processing, IoT data, cloud integration, decentralized network performance, digital transformation insights.

Where industrial edge architectures fit in the open automation future

July 15, 2026

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