The Current Status and Development of Industrial Computers and PLCs[Copy link]
In the field of industrial automation, programmable controllers and industrial computers are two types of control devices that people have to mention. They are the basic equipment of most automation systems. The latest technological developments of programmable controllers and industrial computers are the perfect embodiment of engineers' requirements for equipment application performance: the hardware standardization of the controller, and the various control requirements of users are changed through software. Programmable controllers are a kind of general and easy-to-use device specially designed for sequential control using computer principles. It uses specially designed hardware, and the performance is determined by the control program. Industrial computers are a convenient control device that uses the PCI bus and PC/104 bus of personal computers and uses functional boards to expand control I/O points to achieve computer control. It has industrial field application characteristics and makes great use of the software environment of PCs. Users can easily choose products provided by various manufacturers.