No, for reliable operation you’ll need a PLC – a programmable logic controller – to automate all your hardware. PLCs are usually pretty expensive pieces of hardware, which led [Warwick] to ...

Third part of IEC 61131 standard specifies the syntax and semantics of a unified suite of programming languages for programmable controllers (PCs), of which most widely used are Function Block Diagram ...

A SoftPLC is a software-based version of a programmable logic controller (PLC). The term SoftPLC has been used for many years ... Structured Text, similar to high-level information technology (IT) ...