A recent EDN article dealt with a number of programming tips for embedded microcontrollers. One of those tips, using state machines, is a programming approach that is especially useful, yet probably ...

Industrial automation platforms have gained many open programming capabilities, providing many technical and commercial benefits for developers. For many years in the industrial automation sector, end ...

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Block-based editors are simple to use but can be limiting if complex programs need to be written. Text-based languages add more flexibility but are harder to understand and use. Flowcharts are simple ...