
Darrell Halterman
Articles
Mechatronics and Motion Control
January 24, 2023
Making machine control open, secure
Adopting modern and flexible automation platforms helps OEMs and end users meet traditional production challenges while addressing newer concerns such as supply chain issues, labor shortages and cybersecurity.
By Darrell Halterman
PLCs, PACs
September 21, 2022
PLCs, PACs and edge controllers in an era of high availability
The emergence of new high availability technologies is making it more economical to implement a redundancy strategy for PLC, PAC and edge controllers.
By Darrell Halterman
PLCs, PACs
May 5, 2020
Should I use an edge controller, PLC, or PAC?
Industrial automation end users are finding edge control technologies excel at familiar programmable logic controller (PLC) and programmable automation controller (PAC) applications while delivering future-proof computing and communication options.
By Darrell Halterman