Event-driven programming of control automation is here. Are you ready to benefit?
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| For over 50 years, control automation programming has largely remained the same: using global data to drive control hardware based on fixed time-based scan cycles. |
During this same period, IT application development grew exponentially, unleashing huge customer value, development speed, and innovative applications. This has been possible largely thanks to the event-driven programming paradigm embraced by IT developers. For industrial automation to keep up with increasing customer demands and the evolution of Industry 4.0, a similar paradigm shift in control automation programming is also essential. |
In this white paper, we describe the transformational power of the event-driven paradigm, asset centric model, and event-data encapsulation as defined in IEC 61499, and how these enable better development and maintenance of applications for continuous, discrete, and hybrid automation (DCS and PLC controllers). |