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February 2, 2023 23 mins

How to Decouple Software from Hardware in Industrial Automation - Insights from Greg Boucaud of UniversalAutomation.org

Listeners to this episode will learn:

  • How to decouple hardware and software in automation.
  • Explore the basis of the technology
  • Learn the differences between event-based vs. scan-based automation.
  • Examine the vision of Universal Automation.
  • Explore target devices for your automation logic
  • Learn how to add more functionality to an existing automation process?
  • Discuss Artificial Intelligence  for greenfield and brownfield applications.

Our Guest
Greg Boucaud is the Chief Marketing Officer at Universal Automation. Previous to this role he held a number of senior positions at Schneider Electric. For more on Greg please visit his linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gboucaud/

UniversalAutomation.Org is an independent, non-for-profit association managing the implementation of an industrial automation shared source runtime execution engine, based on the IEC 61499 standard. This new level of shared technology provides the basis for an ecosystem of portable, interoperable, “plug and produce” solutions and creates an entirely new category within industrial automation. UniversalAutomation.Org is open to new members looking to advance the world of automation.

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