Altera demos integrated PLC and HMI system on single chip

HONG KONG: Altera Corp. announced a key development in automation system design at the SPS IPC Drives 2013 conference, in Nuremberg, Germany - implementation of a programmable logic controller (PLC) and human machine interface (HMI) system on a single chip.

The integrated PLC/HMI system is implemented on a single 28 nm Altera Cyclone V SoC, and will be offered as a reference design by Altera in 2014.

Altera is partnering with a leading PLC software developer, 3S-Smart Software Solutions GmbH, as well as with a leader in HMI development, EXOR International SpA, to create the integrated solution combining embedded software, graphics libraries, powerful application-class processors and programmable silicon to accommodate all the custom backplane and peripheral requirements for automation systems.