Unit testing has been around for years in mainstream software development, and variations of unit testing are used in Industrial Automation software development presently. However Industrial Automation software design, be it PLC, SCADA, Batch, MES or DCS, is just not amenable to modern day automated unit testing in the same was that say Java or […]
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One vision of the future industrial automation software landscape
How can software development divorce hardware platform? There’s a lot to not be happy with regarding Industrial Automation software development, in comparison to our modern Internet software development colleagues. No automated unit testing. No equivalent of the JVM (Java Virtual Machine) whereby software development is largely independent of the target hardware platform. Incomplete implementation of […]
Hannover Messe Report 2014
Hannover Messe showcases the world’s most innovative Industrial Automation companies every year and 2014 was no exception. There was more emphasis than ever on control systems integration and prototyping (notably ViProSim from OWL MaschineBau). Web client based SCADA is beginning to make its mark with both Thingworx and GTI Control exhibiting their web based SCADA […]