This 19:31 operational audio/video is dry with specs for even the heartiest of automation folks, so just skip to 5:28 if you are not please.

19:30

This is not a proof of concept software simulation, or anything of that sort. This is a wired production demonstration. The PLC requires exactly 23 input/output wires to function. I have been around companies with small lengths of new scrap 50-conductor control cable for decades.