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 ...

Logic gates are the bricks and mortar of digital ... Although these seven gates are normally considered the “basic” gates, there are some gates, such as the NAND gate, that are universal ...

and many of these industrial computer control systems use ladder logic as their main programming language. In this course, engineer and educator Zara Khalil covers the basics of PLC ladder logic ...