Knee deep? In the US, 90% of manufacturing is up to their earlobes in Windows. The most popular HMI is an Allen Bradley Panelview which runs Windows CE 6.0. T

Knee deep? In the US, 90% of manufacturing is up to their earlobes in Windows. The most popular HMI is an Allen Bradley Panelview which runs Windows CE 6.0. The most popular PLC is an AB CompactLogix/ControlLogix, which can only be edited using an IDE that runs on Windows. Ignition is making significant inroads with Linux servers on the SCADA side, and I have heard of people building machines with Beckhoff TwinCAT BSD, but Windows is everywhere.