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How the Crowd Intelligence of the PLCnext Community helped realize an Artificial Intelligence project. Read More
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Open Source in industrial Automation
Open Source is of central importance for Industry 4.0 and IoT. Powerful and open control platforms use an open source Linux as a basis. The openness enables the use of free software for individual control tasks or applications. This minimizes not only the development costs and risks, but also increases… Read More
Artificial Intelligence in Industry: Evaluate on Site, optimize immediately
The increasing use of AI in industrial application can solve highly complex challenges. Read about examples of how such solutions can look in various application areas. Read More
Creating tailor-made solutions
How PLCnext Technology helped a German solar park save energy and reduce costs. Read More
Edge and Cloud Computing within open ecosystems for a seamless IT and OT integration
Open ecosystems are the future of automation technology. By integrating all IT and OT devices, every process can be monitored and controlled. This minimizes downtime and saves time and costs. Read More
Industrial Cyber Security: Secure Identification through digital Certificates
More and more components are being networked with each other, therefore the secure identification of components are getting more important. Read More
Schedule applications in real-time
Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) have been used in industry for over 50 years to control industrial machines or installations. PLCs are ideal for this because they offer special functions that are crucial for the perfect, real-time control of industrial machines or installations. PLCs provide the certainty that the various (sub)… Read More
Apply now for the xplore 2023 Technology Award for a sustainable world: Competition for students and startups
Until June 30th 2022 you can still submit your ideas for the xplore 2023 and show how you would make the world a better place and a little more sustainable. Tell us your ingenious tech idea. The best ideas will be nominated to be realized with hardware from Phoenix Contact including PLCnext Technology. Read More
Successful Creation of Safety Functions within a PLC
The demand to achieve the highest possible safety level leads to increasingly complex requirements for the necessary safety-oriented application software within a PLC. Read More
Using data from the internet in a PLC application
A lot of information is (freely) available in the cloud and on the internet. For example, think of energy prices, water levels in our rivers or weather information at a certain location in the world. It can be very interesting to use this actual information including the predictions in future… Read More
