Siemens presented a new version of its TIA Portal (Totally Integrated Automation) at the SPS trade fair. Version 19 of the engineering framework simplifies motion control, making it intuitive to use ...

The company has followed through on this promise with the addition of Simatic Step 7 Safety Advanced v11 to the TIA Portal. This addition provides access to configuration and programming tools ...

The CAN bus standard moves the discussion from how the communications will be managed to what exactly the user wants to accomplish.

Version 6.0 of the vendor’s motion-control-application-development kit provides PLCopen-compliant control software, allowing users to program in five languages, in addition to ACSPL (ACS programming ...

MicroFlex e100 and MotiFlex e100 drives feature an Ethernet interface compatible with the deterministic Ethernet-compatible motion control standard, Powerlink. An onboard motion-control programming ...