The Conference was held in Santa Clara, California, on July 21, 2015. Altera received top honors in the Ultimate Product: Reference Design category for its single-chip, cloud-enabled programmable logic controller (PLC) reference design for Industry 4.0 applications. The ACE Awards Ultimate Product category recognized leading-edge technologies brought to market during calendar year 2014.
Altera partnered with CODESYS creator 3S-Smart Software Solutions, HMI expert Exor International, and security IP specialist Barco Silex to create a PLC reference design running on Altera’s ARM-based Cyclone V SoC FPGA.