An engineer's 2026 comparison of CODESYS and TwinCAT soft-PLC runtimes: real-time determinism, fieldbus support, IEC 61131-3, EtherCAT, and a decision matrix.
OpenPLC v3 reference architecture with Modbus TCP — runtime internals, IEC 61131-3 languages, hardware targets, and a production deployment pattern for open-source PLCs in 2026.