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 | <p>On 15th September, the open platform automation forum was held at <a href="http://www.ciif-expo.com/plus/list.php?tid=255">Shanghai Automation Fair 2020</a>.  | 
 | The open platform automation forum aimed at promoting open technologies such as IEC 61499 and OPC UA for industrial automation.  | 
 | Mr. Yao from Changzhou MaximLumen Ltd presented a Eclipse 4diac-based IEC 61499 solution for distributed control applications.  | 
 | Based on the 4diac IDE and 4diac FORTE runtime, they created a customized IEC 61499 runtime TinyForte that could be fit in small embedded devices.  | 
 | The IEC 61499 standard provides great support for innovation from medium and small industrial vendors. | 
 | <p>Cheers,</p> | 
 | <p>William Dai<br />(4diac Guest Reporter)</p> | 
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 | <img alt="Presentation of Mr. Yao." width="700" src="news/figs/shanghaiautomationfair2020.jpg"> | 
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