When you’re developing software at your desk or at home, life feels pretty relaxed. No loud noises. No production deadlines. No pressure.  But the moment you’re at a customer site for commissioning, everything changes.

There’s a production run coming up, so things need to work as perfectly as possi...

Hey friend, grab a coffee, get comfortable, because today we’re going to talk about something that every single PLC programmer has experienced at some point.

It’s that moment when you open up your PLC project — maybe it’s an old one you haven’t touched in months, or maybe it’s one from a colleague ...

Let’s talk shift registers.

They’re everywhere on modern production lines, and for good reason. As automation advances and data collection gets smarter, shift registers are becoming essential for tracking each individual item, bottle by bottle or part by part, as it moves through the line.

In this g...

Ever since TIA Portal first dropped back in 2011, it’s been my trusted software platform for handling industrial automation projects. Overall, STEP 7 does a solid job - it gives you everything you need to develop, run, and troubleshoot even the most complex PLC applications.

But... there are still ...

When it comes to developing automation systems, two of the most widely used platforms are Rockwell Studio 5000 and Siemens TIA Portal. Each offers powerful tools for structuring PLC applications, but the way they approach ...

In the exciting world of industrial automation, PLCs and PLC logic are key to running machines and production lines smoothly.  However, even the best PLC applications can run into problems - incorrect assignment of tags, sequences getting stuck, copy paste faults etc...  This is where troubleshootin...

So you've just finished migrating your Step 7 PLC application from Simatic Manager to TIA Portal (which is an awesome accomplishment by the way!) and now it's time to sit back and relax, right?  What if I told you that you're only half way...?   

In this blog post, I'm going to share with you 8 ...

Then keep on reading my friend.  In this blog post, I will share with you 4 t...

In today's post I'm going to tell you WHY you should implement pop-up screens in your own application, and I'll give you all the STEPS (with lots of screenshots!) on how to do it.  Sounds good?  Then let's go.

If your application hasn’t got any pop-up screens yet, then here's a couple reasons why y...