When learning ladder logic, I was told that some new PLC systems were moving to scripted programming languages. My instructor assured us that we would not need to know anything other than ladder logic ...

Ladder logic uses switch or relay contacts to implement Boolean expressions. In years past, ladder logic was made possible with discrete relays and was sometimes termed “relay logic.” Today most ...

When embedded engineers hear "simulation," they immediately think QEMU, Renode, or some vendor-specific tool that lets them run firmware on a virtual microcontroller. These tools are excellent, and ...