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FactoryTalk Edge Manager: Onboard, Configure and Monitor Devices at Scale

FactoryTalk Edge Manager: Onboard, Configure and Monitor Devices at Scale

FactoryTalk® Edge™ Manager is an intelligent, centralized edge management and orchestration solution that is cloud accessible from anywhere. It delivers higher productivity and efficiency for managing edge devices and app deployment from one pane of glass, offers an excellent security posture with a zero-trust model and provides flexibility for complex use cases and catering to nearly any hardware or cloud provider.


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Engineering Tutorial: Getting Started with a Benchtop IIoT Remote Data Project

Engineering Tutorial: Getting Started with a Benchtop IIoT Remote Data Project

Learn how to build and program a simple benchtop IIoT system to connect your PLC with a cloud data dashboard to make simple I/O controls. This project introduces some of the basic fundamentals of gateways, remote data transmission, and interface with a real-world PLC system.


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FactoryTalk InnovationSuite Simplifies Critical OT-IT Integration

FactoryTalk InnovationSuite Simplifies Critical OT-IT Integration

InnovationSuite, powered by PTC, can simplify the process of aggregating and leveraging OT data. Watch this video from Rockwell Automation to learn more.


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Green Bay Packaging Builds Plant of the Future

Green Bay Packaging Builds Plant of the Future

Green Bay Packaging's new paper mill is using digital technology to increase production, improve system uptime, and meet sustainability goals. Watch this video to learn more!


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Visibility that Creates New Value

Visibility that Creates New Value

Smart manufacturing manifests as a knowledge-based enterprise, in which devices and processes are optimized to enhance productivity, safety, security, sustainability, and performance. Read this article to learn about the three key productivity factors for the industry.


Leveraging Time Sensitive Networks for Distributed Intelligence on the Factory Floor

Leveraging Time Sensitive Networks for Distributed Intelligence on the Factory Floor

During this webinar, Christian Castel will walk you through Industrial Networking challenges facing industry 4.0 implementation and the Time Sensitive Networks answer for distributed intelligence.


Building Seamless and Secure Industrial Networks Using TSN

Building Seamless and Secure Industrial Networks Using TSN

Moving toward Industry 4.0 is about implementing highly automated and interconnected factories and infrastructure. Learn how time-sensitive networking (TSN) technologies can make this a reality.


Securing the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Securing the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Adopting digital technology to transform products, services and businesses involves gaining greater insight and control for improved efficiency, typically by leveraging new data streams. These efforts often redefine experiences, such as customer experience, and can include changes in operating models that affect the security of digital assets. Read on to learn more.


IoT: Where Data is the Center of Business and Process Decisions

IoT: Where Data is the Center of Business and Process Decisions

Learn how effective IIoT implementation satisfies both engineers and business leaders, allowing teamwork and coordination for future success.


Bringing the Future of Automation into Focus

Bringing the Future of Automation into Focus

To meet dynamic production demands, industry leaders have embraced digital transformation – and are building data-centric, insight-driven organizations. The next hurdle? Digital technology must evolve to enable functionally complex automation systems that are not only smarter, but easier to design, operate and maintain.


Smart Systems in Smart Manufacturing

Smart Systems in Smart Manufacturing

Smart systems deliver better business outcomes – like increased efficiency, higher throughputs, faster startups and greater product customization. And when these machines use industrial control systems that are designed for simplicity and scalability, they can help you achieve the outcomes you want in a cost-effective, sustainable way.


Microchip Technology Demonstrates the Utility of Single Pair Ethernet (SPE)

Microchip Technology Demonstrates the Utility of Single Pair Ethernet (SPE)

SPE opens up the possibility for faster and simpler Ethernet in the industrial environment. Microchip Technology aims to get system designers thinking about how new designs can benefit by implementing SPE.


News Mar 13, 2023 by Seth Price
A How-to Guide to Control Automation Day 2023

A How-to Guide to Control Automation Day 2023

Welcome to Control Automation Day 2023—Control.com’s digital-only event for engineers! Here is your guide to navigating the keynote addresses, live educational sessions, and exciting giveaways from your favorite manufacturers!


News Mar 13, 2023 by David Peterson
From Our Textbook to Tools, Videos to News, We’ve Got It All Under Control

From Our Textbook to Tools, Videos to News, We’ve Got It All Under Control

Whether you're a student learning new concepts or a seasoned engineer catching up on the latest industry solutions, from our textbook to tools, videos to news, we’ve got it all under control.


News Mar 12, 2023 by Caitlin Nicholson
Active Harmonic Filter Solution Sees User-friendly Update With Addition of Advanced HMI

Active Harmonic Filter Solution Sees User-friendly Update With Addition of Advanced HMI

Schaffner has added the option of an advanced human-machine interface (HMI) to their existing Ecosine Active Sync harmonic filter solution to increase client control and ease of use.


News Mar 10, 2023 by Shawn Dietrich
Addressing Common Industrial IoT Cybersecurity Risks For Control Systems

Addressing Common Industrial IoT Cybersecurity Risks For Control Systems

Addressing cybersecurity threats introduced by IIoT technology and devices can quickly seem overwhelming. However, an understanding of the risks can lead to some straightforward countermeasures.


New Study on Soft Robotics Takes Inspiration From Octopus Arm Muscles

New Study on Soft Robotics Takes Inspiration From Octopus Arm Muscles

Scientists from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed an octopus-inspired soft robot model that is accurate in design and control.


News Mar 09, 2023 by Bob Odhiambo
Introduction to Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) - Control Automation

Introduction to Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) - Control Automation

Programmable Logic Control (PLC) systems are the core of most industrial control systems that drive modern manufacturing. In our Control.com video tutorials, we share information, experience, and tips for working with PLCs—from the hardware, to the wiring, to the programming logic of inputs, outputs, and communication processes.


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Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) Hardware - Control Automation

Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) Hardware - Control Automation

Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), sometimes called Programmable Automation Controllers (PACs), are a combination of hardware components and software programs that drive modern industrial operations. Before investigating the connections to the outside world and the driving logic, it is critical to discuss the hardware that is commonly found across all makes and models of PLCs.


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PLC Discrete Inputs - Control Automation

PLC Discrete Inputs - Control Automation

Programmable logic controllers receive vital information about the manufacturing process and use that data to generate logical output signals to the final control elements. Obtaining the information from buttons, switches, and sensors is naturally the first step in this control system process.


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