The International Society of Automation (ISA) has released the fifth edition of its “Measurement and Control Basics” book. It’s been extensively updated to reflect the latest advances in automation ...

Using pulse outputs from a PLC is a cost-effective way to get simple motion. Most, if not all, PLC manufacturers provide a way to control servos and steppers using a pulse train signal. So when a ...

Control systems are exactly what you think they are: systems designed to control something. Perhaps a better way to put it is systems design control the behavior of something. The term “control ...