PLC vs. PAC: What's the Difference?
A few years ago, the term PAC (Programmable Automation Controller) started to appear. Many PLC manufacturers began to market new PAC's along with their traditional line of PLC's (see AutomationDirect.com HERE for an example)....
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Allen-Bradley/Rockwell rolled out the Panelview Component mainly to offer a lower cost platform to engineers who required a cheaper "dumb" HMI to mate with a small PLC. The Panelview Plus platform has been tailored to integrate with the RS Logix5000 series of processors....
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AutomationDirect DL06 with 6" C-More Micro I recently had to put a PLC/HMI combination together on a tight budget... |
Allen Bradley Micrologix 1400: Just Awesome! If your project requires a standard PLC with great functionality... |
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Metasys N2 Comms. via Protocessor Protonode One of my clients approached me and inquired about bridging the data in an existing Siemens S7-224 to his MetasysN2 system... Read the full article
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TECO SG2 Programmable Logic Relay I needed a small PLC or Smart-Relay with a real time clock to augment an embedded controller application.... Read the full article |
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