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In addition to ServoTrends (Galil's quarterly news letter), Galil also provides What's New At Galil. This informational letter will keep you up to date on everything Galil on a monthly basis! It will contain information about our new and exciting products, enhancements to existing products, training announcements, and technical motion control articles. If you are already registered for the ServoTrends news letter you will be receiving the What's New At Galil news letter as well. If not register now to receive your free copy via email!

Host PC as Slave

Usually in a Galil motion control application, the Host pc serves as the master/client by establishing a connection to the motion controller. It can be handy, however, to do the opposite.

Using Modbus and Think & Do and RIO Pocket PLC

Galil recently enhanced the feature set of the RIO-471x0 Pocket PLC to include more Modbus functionality. These new enhancements now allow the RIO Pocket PLC to communicate seamlessly to Think & Do software via Modbus TCP/IP.

Top 10 Reasons to Choose Galil’s RIO Pocket PLC

1. Packed with Analog and Digital I/O.

Whether it’s analog inputs, analog outputs, digital inputs or digital outputs that you’re after – Galil’s RIO Pocket PLC has it all and then some. Each RIO is loaded with I/O including 8 analog inputs, 8 analog outputs, 16 digital inputs and 16 digital outputs. Use them stand-alone or network multiple RIOs to handle all the I/O in your machine.

Using Excel for Data Logging with an RIO Pocket PLC

In this article, we’ll explore how to use Microsoft Excel for data-logging using the RIO Pocket PLC and an Ethernet connection. I’ll explain the steps necessary to get from a blank spreadsheet to a usef