Building the Next Generation of Smart PLCs With the ctrlX CORE and InfluxDB
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Building the Next Generation of Smart PLCs With the ctrlX CORE and InfluxDB

Program Logic Controllers (PLCs) have played an integral role in industrial automation since their initial creation during the 1960s.Since then, we’ve seen incremental improvements to their form and function throughout the years. The problem? While PLCs are exceptional at managing and controlling industrial processes, the evolving demands of modern manufacturing require these devices to do […]

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Why All System Integrators Must Fully Embrace IIoT Now
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Why All System Integrators Must Fully Embrace IIoT Now

“Companies whose investment processes demand quantification of market sizes and financial returns before they can enter a market get paralyzed or make serious mistakes when faced with disruptive technologies” Clayton M Christensen – The Innovator’s Dilemma. The excerpt above sums up what I believe may be happening in the system integration space with regards Industrial IoT (IIoT) implementation […]

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SCADA for Remote Utilities Monitoring: 4 Layers to Grasp
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SCADA for Remote Utilities Monitoring: 4 Layers to Grasp

The term supervisory control and data acquisition systems – also known as SCADA – is quite a mouthful. In reality SCADA is a well-established, if not complex, means for monitoring utilities (among other production and critical infrastructure applications) remotely. SCADA systems collect the data and automate it across the utility’s applications. By definition, SCADA systems […]

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