Texas Instruments has introduced six programmable logic devices with between 8 and 14 pins “with the ability to integrate up to 40 combinational and sequential logic and analogue functions into one ...
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Programmable-logic vendor Altera Corp. this week unveiled its plan to give high-volume customers a migration path to lower-cost mask-programmable devices. By doing so, the company ...
A Programmable Logic Controller, commonly known as a PLC, is a robust industrial computer designed to control manufacturing processes and machinery. Initially developed to replace relay logic systems, ...
A new category of products is emerging, one for which the technology has only recently become available. It combines the flexibility and time-to-market advantages of programmable logic with ...
When electronics release the Magic Smoke, more often than not it’s a fairly sedate event. Something overheats, the packaging gets hot enough to emit that characteristic and unmistakable odor, and ...
There are many vendors and sources of PLCs: Automation Direct, FactoryMation, B&B Electronics, and yes, even eBay, among others. I will use the Click PLC available from Automation Direct as an example ...