NPR's Neda Ulaby investigates a trend in toys that sounds awfully familiar: Manufacturers are finding new ways to get kids interested in playing with blocks, both real and virtual.

Predefined, reusable function blocks make it easier to design flexible packaging machines. Listen to the Automation World Gets Your Questions Answered podcast! Search sponsored by ...

Fun aside, the blocks are designed so that kids can get a sense for how the Atoms, and their internal mechanisms, work. LED lights dim based on how much power they draw, while molded shells help ...

Too, he says there’s more consistency because the PLCopen Motion Function Blocks conform to IEC 61131-3. PLCopen continues to work on its motion-control Function Blocks. Van der Wal expects Version ...

Packages start at $25 for a Ramp Kit and you can get a Castle Kit for $450. The aforementioned cardboard blocks are about $40, which might make Buildies a bit of a stretch for parents of picky ...

There are a number of advantages to creating function blocks for a project or general library of functions that can be reused with confidence, including: reusing tested code, which reduces errors and ...

The SICK Function Block Factory is the first web-based service of its type that enables users to create function blocks automatically from any IO-link device with an I/O device description (IODD), no ...