What is WinCC Unified and is it better than other WinCC packages ?
SIMATIC WinCC Unified is the fundamentally redesigned visualization software from Siemens in TIA Portal that enables you to…
OPC UA vs MQTT: Which Should You Use for Industrial Automation?
OPC UA and MQTT are often treated as competing industrial protocols, but they solve different problems. Here is…
Will AI Replace PLC Programmers? What Automation Engineers Need to Learn Before 2030
AI can already generate PLC code, understand TIA Portal projects and automate engineering tasks. Does that mean PLC…
AI-Generated Attack Tools Are Targeting Siemens S7 PLCs — What Automation Engineers Need to Know
For years, industrial cybersecurity warnings have sounded abstract to many controls engineers. Keep the PLC network isolated.Do not…
Rockwell Automation Joins Project Glasswing: What AI-Enabled Cyber Defence Means for Industry
Rockwell Automation has joined Anthropic’s Project Glasswing, bringing frontier artificial intelligence into the fight to secure industrial software,…
TIA Portal V22 – release date and what’s new
Siemens will be releasing new software for Siemens PLC in November 2026. No more information at the moment
Siemens Eigen Engineering Agent: TIA Portal AI Tested
AI-assisted PLC programming has moved quickly over the last few years. Generic AI tools can already generate Structured…
Antomatix PLC Forge: AI Code Generation for Siemens TIA Portal and Allen-Bradley Studio 5000
Industrial automation is changing quickly. PLC engineers are already using better simulation tools, remote access, digital commissioning workflows…
AI for PLC Programming in 2026: What Industrial Automation Engineers Need to Know
For years, industrial automation has been moving toward smarter machines, better data, and tighter IT/OT integration. In 2026,…
TIA Portal String and CHAR Tutorial Part 1: PLC and HMI Example
Handling text in a PLC project is something many engineers come across sooner or later. Whether you want…
Space Invaders on a Siemens HMI: Building a Mini-Game in WinCC Unified (PC Runtime) with JavaScript
Industrial HMIs aren’t built for games… which is exactly why this project is such a good learning exercise.…
The Controls Engineer Toolkit for PLC Projects (2026): Gear, Books & Training I Actually Recommend
If you work as Control Engineer long enough, you realize something: the best engineers aren’t just good at…
Agentic AI in PLC Programming & Industrial Automation: Practical Benefits + Real Integration Examples
Industrial automation is entering a new phase: not just “AI that answers questions,” but agent AIs that can…