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. Engineers could even, if they felt so inclined, build their own custom controller around a Raspberry Pi board. Despite the emergence of these new control options, there are still many compelling reasons to use a PLC. Here are just ten of them.
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