The debate of best style/type of PLC Coding is whirling around on LinkedIn. The ‘legacy’ languages of LAD and FBD are still used by some and some prefer to use Structured Text and modern languages. Both languages and styles will get the job done, and maybe in the same time frame and at the same …
In the PC and programming world, the phrase OOP stands for Object Oriented Programming, referring to coding standards based around re-usable objects, with descriptions of ‘Classes’, including ‘Attributes’ and ‘Characteristics’ and ‘Methods’. It refers to methodology for programming in computer languages such as C, C++, and it means concentrating on objects to represent the real-world …
There are trends in automation, same as in any sector of industry and one of the current trends is for “Openness”. The support for most systems is supplied by the original vendor; it is difficult for others to get involved with the coding, (and this may be more the case as security and protection become …
