Welcome to Windows CE
15 Jan 2000
Claimed to be the first PLC control platform that runs the Windows CE operating system, WinPLC from LaMonde Research is said to integrate all the best features of PLCs and PCs.
According to Robert Oglesby, president of WinPLC manufacturer Host Engineering, `in the past, PLC programming methods have not made it easy to solve more difficult process problems... by contrast, PC software can solve problems in a different, better and sometimes faster way. PC-based control was the logical next stop in control, but has still been more costly than PLCs. This new [CE] platform both lowers the price barrier and improves performance.'
