One of the most powerful capabilities of programmable logic controllers (PLCs) that conform to the IEC 61131-3 standard is the functionality that allows application engineers to create function blocks ...

The PLCopen Motion Control Specification harmonizes the access of motion-control functionality across platforms, explains Eelco van der Wal, managing director of PLCopen (www.plcopen.org), Zaltbommel, ...

THE use of function blocks for programming of programmable logic controllers (PLCs) is gaining wider acceptance. Rather than the classic “contact and coil” representation of ladder diagram or relay ...

The SICK Function Block Factory is the first web-based service of its type that enables users to create function blocks automatically from any IO-link device with an I/O device description (IODD), no ...