What is the future of PLCs?

PLCs aren't going anyplace at any point in the near future, despite what might be expected, we'll see them received for an ever-increasing number of uses. On the lower end of the value range, there's never been more decisive, and even the single load up PCs can't contend on cost when you've solidified them for a modern domain. 

On the higher end they've gotten significantly more capable and adaptable and with the move to Ethernet and wise remote I/O there's a lot of speed for most by far of mechanical I/O applications. PC based control is something that a man does once, and after that acknowledges what an awful though it is. 

On the off chance that a 20-year-old PLC kicks the bucket, you pull one off the rack (or eBay, or wherever), streak the firmware, drop the program in it, and you're up and running in a matter of hours. With a 20-year-old PC (on the off chance that it even makes it that long) you're fortunate in the event that you ever get go down and running. One of the real reasons PLCs have been around so long is that they are dead dependable, and part of the purpose behind that will be that they enhance incrementally, and don't move rapidly starting with one innovation then onto the next. I'd say the following thing we'll see is the appropriation of USB C for programming on bringing down end gadgets, as it will most likely be around for some time.