Despite the emergence of alternative control solutions, the popularity of the PLC endures. Mitsubishi Electric product manager, Hugh Tasker, offers 10 reasons why you still need a PLC. There was a time, not so long ago, when the PLC stood as the only viable option for control in industrial automation applications. Today engineers have more choice in the form of industrial PCs, soft PLCs and panel PCs that ape the functionality of the PLC/HMI combination. Despite the emergence of these new control options, there are still many compelling reasons to use a PLC. Here are just 10 of them.
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