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Notes from the workshop
Short, specific write-ups of patterns we actually use, plus sourced briefings on where the Siemens stack is heading — WinCC Unified, SINAMICS drives, TIA Portal workflow and industrial AI. No gating, no fluff.
Siemens automation in mid-2026: AI agents, virtual PLCs and Git for TIA
A field-level read on the 2025–26 announcements — the Eigen Engineering Agent, Industrial Copilot, the S7-1500V virtual PLC in real production, unified namespaces on Industrial Edge, and the EU cyber deadlines that reach Australian machine builders.
Read note →G220, S200, S210, S220 — making sense of the new SINAMICS generation
Siemens has quietly renewed most of its drive lineup since 2023. What each new SINAMICS family actually is, what it replaces, what it means for safety and commissioning — and why G120 projects are not stranded.
Read note →WinCC Unified V21: redundancy, a Data Hub, and TIA projects you can finally Git
What TIA Portal V21 actually changes for HMI/SCADA work — hot-standby Unified servers, the new Data Hub archive, text-based project export for real version control, and where the Unified panel range sits in 2026.
Read note →When the built-in trend control isn't enough: an Advanced Trend CWC
A Custom Web Control for WinCC Unified that reads real history from the logging archive — eight pens, setpoint arrows, paged history and one-click CSV export.
Read note →Stop clicking: bind 54 HMI properties with one WinCC Unified loop
The Screen.FindItem loop pattern — bind every repeated widget on a WinCC Unified screen from a few lines of JavaScript instead of hand-clicking the property panel.
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