Predefined, reusable function blocks make it easier to design flexible packaging machines.

Efficiency is another major advantage. “A ladder-logic program will be a lot more efficient if it is used in conjunction with PLCopen Motion Function Blocks,” Al-Ashqar asserts. Too, he says there’s ...

Other logical glitches, thankfully, require but a simple fix -- such as the drapes that turned the Four Seasons' bar on Market Street into a clubby mausoleum.

One of the most powerful capabilities of programmable logic controllers (PLCs) that conform to the IEC 61131-3 standard is the functionality that allows application engineers to create function blocks ...

X, formerly Twitter, is making changes to the platform's block function. Blocked users will soon be able to see the posts of the person who blocked them. It could force victims of abuse to choose ...

His plans to remove the block and implement this function seem particularly unclear when you consider he has already fired so many of the company’s workers, including technical staff.

Outfitted with a new Core Independent Peripheral (CIP) - the Configurable Logic Block (CLB) module - these new MCUs enable the creation of hardware-based, custom combinational logic functions directly ...

Switched capacitor blocks are the basic building blocks of a programmable analog solution. They enable the integration of both analog and digital functions onto a single chip and define today’s true ...