Control systems are exactly what you think they are: systems designed to control something. Perhaps a better way to put it is systems design control the behavior of something. The term “control ...

Atlanta – Sophisticated attacks like Stuxnet aren’t necessary to compromise industrial control systems for dams, power plants, chemical plants and the like. Rather, simple phishing attacks followed up ...

If one based his impression simply on the ease with which the term security is used in conversation at trade shows and in meetings, it would be logical to assume that most people understand the basic ...

Using pulse outputs from a PLC is a cost-effective way to get simple motion. Most, if not all, PLC manufacturers provide a way to control servos and steppers using a pulse train signal. So when a ...

A driver's license can't propel a car safely. But when you put a trained, law-abiding driver behind the wheel...there it goes. Think of ID badging the same way; by itself, a photo ID won't secure your ...

Until quite recently, truck safety rested on passive systems, things like brakes that allowed drivers to stop as quickly as possible or cab structures that resist high impacts. But with the advent of ...

This toy anti aircraft missile launcher project features some basic control system that can be used in several applications. Considering a DIY heating component for ignition, the design itself is ...