While PLCs (programmable logic controllers) are an industry norm, demands for data, memory, and processing power are intensifying. Soon enough, the PLCs may no longer be the go-to industrial computer.

How the challenges of electric-motor control design can be overcome using digital twins in all design and test phases. How automated testing within a continuous and integrated toolchain is able to ...

An energy-harvesting embedded controller developed by Renesas Electronics can eliminate the need to use, or replace, batteries in IoT devices. Based on the company’s silicon-on-thin-buried-oxide (SOTB ...

In previous articles, we looked at how to configure the kernel as well as the key components of an embedded operating system (OS). This new article focuses on the hardware components of embedded Linux ...

Companies continue to find ways to integrate motion control and logic control in order to help original equipment manufacturers design compact and flexible machines. The Industrial Automation Group of ...