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    Cybersecurity

    PLCs ensuring OT security

    The ARC-powered PLCs go beyond traditional control tasks, enabling the PLC to become a smarter, more responsive network participant
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    PLCs & PACs

    Nostrovia Brewing develops automated keg-cleaning kart

    Jeff Lukasik
    Custom solution saves brewer time and money, but more importantly helps produce higher quality beer
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    Remote Access

    Edge solution conquers connectivity challenges

    Kaylor Greenstreet
    Remote vision, inspection and detection solution is powered by advancing edge computing
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    PLCs & PACs

    Smart automation in the trenches

    Dennis O’Hara
    Configurable, PLC-based solution for water utilities replaces inflexible, custom alternatives
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    Distributed Control

    Modular process automation: More than the sum of parts

    Jim Montague
    Module Type Package (MTP) standardizes device descriptions and process interactions to streamline programming and production
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    Data Acquisition

    Living on the outer limits

    Jim Montague
    Defining edge computing is the first step in learning how to use it
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    Distributed Control

    When to use controller output signal characterization

    R. Russell Rhinehart
    If process gain changes with controller output, here’s how to linearize loop response and tame troublesome tuning
    PLCs & PACs

    Yaskawa, Phoenix Contact partner for controller and PLC platform

    Companies aim to offer an open and future-proof ecosystem for industrial automation
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    PLCs & PACs

    Product roundup: Controllers overrun constraints

    PLCs, PACs and PCs capitalize on innovations to deliver enhanced capabilities.
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    Loop Control

    Model-based control: Raspberry Pi vs programmable logic controllers

    Doug Reneker and William Shaffer
    When a process control application calls for more than a conventional loop, is the best platform a powerful single-board micro controller, or a basic PLC? Here are the findings...
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    PLCs & PACs

    Software, edge devices and MQTT-based networking simplify H2S process

    Jim Montague
    Streamline Innovations uses Python scripts, Ignition software and edge devices, and MQTT-based networking to control updated chemistry for removing hydrogen sulfide from natural...