Recent Chatter

Real-time Linux for PLCs

Ever wonder how Wago and PhoenixContact achieve hard real-time performance on Linux? Or whether Python can handle real-time control tasks? A recent discussion in Slack covered PREEMPT_RT patches, BIOS tuning, CPU isolation, and interrupt priorities, with members sharing their approaches and challenges.

If you're working on real-time Linux performance, join the conversation.

Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) & Industrial Compliance

For those working in or selling to the EU, the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) will introduce new cybersecurity requirements for industrial automation. How are manufacturers and machine builders preparing?

In Slack, members dug into the challenges around the CRA—like encryption requirements, how deep SBOMs (Software Bill of Materials) should really go, and what encryption actually looks like on the factory floor.

How is your company approaching CRA? Share your perspective in the thread.

Community Poll

🛠 What’s the worst electrical panel you’ve ever seen? Bonus points for pictures (if allowed). Share your horror stories here.

Save the Date

SASE launched at Automate in 2023, and as we near our two-year milestone, we’re heading back to where it all started. We’ll be at Automate, May 12–15, and planning a happy hour on Wednesday, May 14 (location coming soon).

If you joined us last year in Chicago—or missed it—this is your chance to reconnect with fellow SASE members IRL.

Stay tuned + see you there!