PLCnext Factory: Join us and enhance your automation thinking
The basic idea and spirit behind the Ecosystem PLCnext Technology can be experienced live: on a digital tour through our PLCnext Factory. Read More
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Why You Should Use MATLAB in Your Next Automation Project
We’re going to take a look at this valuable scientific programming tool... Read More
New PLCnext Store release coming up
On Monday, October 11, 2021 the PLCnext Store website will temporarily be closed for updates and maintenance. The following features will be implemented with the new release: License activation on PxC Lic SD CardWith its new update, you now have the option to activate a license either directly on a… Read More
Digitalization is a Process of Learning
We often talk about digitalization and how it changes industrial automation. So we thought it’s time to stop talking and start doing. Hence, we have created the PLCnext Factory. Dr. Till Potente, Senior Director Production and Engineering in Industry Management and Automation, is one of the driving forces regarding the… Read More
Webinars
Thank you very much for the great interest in our webinars. We have noticed that there seems to have been some confusion among participants from time to time. We would like to point out once again that the webinars are not pre-produced permanent offers, but take place live. Therefore, please… Read More
Yet an other update, PLCnext Toolchain 2021.6
The PLCnext Technology C++ Toolchain and the Visual Studio Tools for PLCnext Technology C# programming get merged into the PLCnext Technology Toolchain. One installer for the full potential of PLCnext high-level language programming support. For now it’s just the installer, but future updates will bring much more. Take a look into our Beginners Guide if you… Read More
The Changing Face of the Industrial Automation Workforce
Automation promises to radically transform the landscape in which industrial processes are performed. Businesses are constantly searching for ways to achieve a competitive advantage, and the use of automation technologies has been widely adopted across many market sectors. Automated processes can be found in a diverse range of workplaces. A… Read More
The Protocol That Changed the Way We Communicate: Secrets of MQTT
“The Internet of Things is a system of interrelated computing devices, mechanical and digital machines, objects, animals or people that are provided with unique identifiers and the ability to transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction,” or thus says Wikipedia. The question is simple—how… Read More
PLC, Arduino, and Raspberry Pi: What’s Right for Your Application?
Programmable logic controllers are one of the wizards behind the curtain of industrial automation. Until recently, these digital mainstays were almost exclusively in the domain of people working directly in the service and manufacturing industries. That, however; has changed as the maker movement, an offshoot of the DIY trend, has… Read More
Accelerate your production processes with the PLCnext Factory – Book a live tour now
In the PLCnext Factory, the production facility of Phoenix Contact Electronics in Germany, products for automation, safety applications and network security are produced. Digitization in production requires above all a change in thinking. This concerns not only the use of digitization in production processes and in the products themselves, but… Read More
