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PLCopen Newsletter - April 2019
1. PLCopen Benchmarking meeting successful
2. Meet us at IAMD BEIJING, China
3. PLCopen sponsors ARC’s European Industry Forum in Sitges (Barcelona), Spain
4. PLC Programming Preference Survey
5. PLCopen welcomes new member
6. New PLCopen Motion Control certification
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1. PLCopen Benchmarking meeting successful
On April 2 during the Hanover Fair, PLCopen held a successful kick-off meeting on benchmarking.
PLCopen did Benchmarking in the past with a focus to different user applications, including motion control. However the network seemed to be the decisive factor and further development was stopped.
Today Benchmarking is back on the drawing board, but with a slightly different scope. Together with chip suppliers a more hardware resource oriented (like processor and computing architecture) approach is defined. With this new initiative, the benchmark can indicate the effective performance of the different processors and architectures as used in the industrial controllers. During this meeting the goals were further defined:
- looking for a common language between participants for defining requirements
- define common test scripts
- focus to the lowest level, meaning hardware oriented (no operating system yet), close to the decision point of a new architecture (by the time the IEC program can run, it is already "too late" )
- perhaps not looking for highest performance but for predictable, reliable and deterministic approach.
The next webmeeting is scheduled for April 25. Contact Eelco van der Wal if you are interested to participate.
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2. Meet us at IAMD BEIJING, China
The Integrated Automation, Motion & Drives BEIJING takes place at the Beijing Exhibition Centre from May 8 - 10, 2019.
The Industrial Automation BEIJING event has been the most authoritative transaction and promotion platform for industrial intelligent and automated products in northern China for many years. In response to industrial enterprise users’ demands, Industrial Automation BEIJING has taken the lead in organizing a fair with the focus on technical orientation and application, exploring more business opportunities for exhibitors and visitors.
PLCopen has a booth in H1 # 06 and the Managing Director Eelco van der Wal will attend.
Come and meet him there.
Or visit our seminar Core standards and key technologies for Smart Factories on May 8 in the afternoon.
Check: http://www.iamdbeijing.com to find out more about this show.
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3. PLCopen sponsors ARC’s European Industry Forum in Sitges (Barcelona), Spain
On May 21 and 22, 2019, ARC Advisory Group will host its European Industry Forum (EIF) at the Melia Hotel Sitges in Spain. The European Industry Forum is part of ARC’s successful series of worldwide conferences in the USA, India, China, and Japan.
Participants are invited to attend a series of exclusive plenary and breakout sessions. In these sessions, ARC analysts and other automation experts will analyze trends and drivers in manufacturing and tell the inside story of successful operations and applications.
The main topic this year is Driving Digital Transformation in Industry and Cities.
Check their website for more information on this Forum.
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4. PLC Programming Preference Survey
PLCopen North America, together with Automation.com created a PLC Programming Preference Survey. The goal is to gather information and opinions to better understand user preferences for PLC programming languages. This survey is not sponsored by any vendor. The last question on this survey will provide participants the option to receive a summary of the results.
Take the survey at
https://www.automation.com/automation-news/industry/plc-programming-preference-survey
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5. PLCopen welcomes new member
PLCopen is very pleased to announce a new member:
Mälardalen University in Sweden.
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6. New PLCopen Motion Control certification
We are glad to announce that one of the PLCopen members has been awarded the PLCopen Motion Control certificate:
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation for their product:
iQ-R Series, RD78G4/RD78G8/RD78G16/RD78G32/RD78G64/RD78GHV/RD78GHW, Motion Module, GX Works, version 1.00A (PLCopen Motion Control Part 1)
This brings the total number of certified companies to 32 and of certified products to 67.
For more information please check our website www.PLCopen.org.
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