PCs are pretty robust. Granted, I probably would prefer to see a PLC used in critical situations but there are a lot of non-critical situations where a standard PC running something like Wonderware's InControl could not only do anything a PLC would do but a lot more besides.
I regularly set up...
What you want certainly exists. Despite the catcalls from some naysayers, there are certain things that PCs running software can do better than PLCs for the simple reason that, compared to PLCs, ordinary PCs are faster and more powerful.
The right tool for the job, that's what I say.
If you'd...
