The company CODESYS develops software that is used by industry to control machines. However, there are also completely different fields of application.
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CODESYS Virtual Control – the next evolutionary step in control technology
The runtime in the container offers instant solutions to parts shortages, delivery problems, and increased prices. IT integration, scalability, flexibility, and microservices result in completely new possibilities that were unthinkable with native PLCs.
Virtual Control – the next evolutionary stage of Soft PLCs
The containerized runtime provides an instant solution to parts shortage, delayed supply chains, and increased prices. IT integration, scalability, flexibility, and microservices open up new possibilities that were not feasible with previous native control solutions. CODESYS shows what the future of control technology could look like.
PLC inside – controller functions for modular touch panel solutions
To better meet the specific needs of users, touch panel supplier Christ is expanding its portfolio to include ARM-based control technology with CODESYS V3. Just like the panels, the PLC integration is also modular. In this way, the company intends to provide its customers with PLC solutions that are exactly suitable for their requirements.
Ready for CODESYS: Yaskawa processor relies on IEC 61131-3
Yaskawa's Profichip Triton industrial processor is designed for future-proof automation solutions. As of now, it is also supported by the manufacturer-independent programming software CODESYS. This is intended to further simplify implementation.
Virtualization increases flexibility
Modern techniques are increasingly abstracting industrial controllers, making them more compact, flexible, and easier to maintain. This development eventually leads to "Control 5.0", the virtual PLC. What do such virtual controllers look like in practice, and how can they be used?
How virtual controllers help prevent delivery problems
The second part of the article about the "Industrial Controller 5.0": How it can be used and what advantages it offers.
On the way to Control Technology 5.0
Control technology is on its way to making the step to virtual control - Control 5.0. But haven't we just reached Industry 4.0? In order to better understand what developments are taking place in control technology, it is first worth looking back at the individual stages of evolution in this first article on the subject of virtual controllers. Part 2 then presents how to use virtual controllers and the possible use cases. However, one practical benefit is obvious: The dependency on hardware is dissolved - not a mistake in case of delivery bottlenecks.
On the way to the Industrial Controller 5.0
New opportunities and freedoms for machine builders through the abstraction of hardware and the merging of OT and IT
Using virtual controllers in order to quickly solve delivery problems
Shortage of supply has long since reached the field of automation technology. It is not only the chip shortage that leads to weeks of delays in the delivery of controllers and other intelligent automation components. How does a supplier of SoftPLCs deal with this problem? What can he do in order to bypass delivery problems? The German trade journal "etz magazine" interviewed Manfred Werner, CEO of the CODESYS Group, on this topic.