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Control Intelligence · July 13 · 6 min

Uses for industrial PCs vs. PLCs

Hardware independence is what PC-based control promised back in the 1990s. You can run any software on any hardware you choose. In this episode of Control Intelligence, written by contributing editor Jeremy Pollard, editor in chief Mike Bacidore compares the uses of PLCs and industrial PCs.

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Hardware independence is what PC-based control promised back in the 1990s. You can run any software on any hardware you choose.

In this episode of Control Intelligence, written by contributing editor Jeremy Pollard, editor in chief Mike Bacidore compares the uses of PLCs and industrial PCs.