DocumentCode
1165159
Title
The future of control [programmable automation controllers]
Author
Bell, Ian
Author_Institution
Nat. Instrum., UK
Volume
84
Issue
4
fYear
2005
Firstpage
36
Lastpage
39
Abstract
Programmable automation controllers (PAC) have been dubbed as the future of control. In order to verify this claim, this paper examines what a programmable automation controller (PAC) is, how it compares to the PLC (programmable logic controllers) and what benefits the PAC has for control and automation engineers.
Keywords
control engineering computing; industrial control; programmable controllers; PLC; automation engineers; automation market; bomb-proof reliability; control and automation engineers; industrial I/O; ladder-logic; programmable automation controllers; programmable logic controllers;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Manufacturing Engineer
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0956-9944
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/me:20050406
Filename
1508021
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