Industrial cybersecurity basics for PLC networks: segmentation without an IT department Sep 28, 2026 Arduino & Raspberry Pi Industrial News, Industry 4.0, IoT Most industrial networks are flat: every PLC, HMI and engineering laptop sits on the same broadcast domain. Segmentation does not require a security team or a six figure project. It starts with a mana... Read more
EtherNet/IP vs Profinet vs Modbus TCP: choosing the right fieldbus for a new line Sep 17, 2026 Arduino & Raspberry Pi Industrial News, Industry 4.0, IoT Choosing a fieldbus for a new line usually comes down to one question: how much timing precision does the process actually need. Modbus TCP, EtherNet/IP and Profinet all move data over standard Ethern... Read more
How to choose between M-Duino and Ardbox for industrial retrofitting Sep 1, 2026 Arduino Industrial Retrofitting a legacy machine with an Arduino PLC usually comes down to one practical question: does the application need onboard Ethernet and a higher I/O count, or does it need to switch loads direc... Read more
An OEE dashboard cannot tell you why the line stopped Sep 1, 2026 Arduino & Raspberry Pi Industrial News, Industry 4.0, IoT An OEE percentage tells you the line ran below target. It does not tell you why. Closing that gap does not require a smarter model, it requires industrial telemetry that already carries the answer: a ... Read more
Remote SSH access to a Raspberry PLC over cellular Aug 25, 2026 Raspberry Pi for Industry A Raspberry PLC deployed in a field, a solar microgrid or a wastewater lift station is often hours from the nearest engineer. Reaching it does not require proprietary software or a custom integration,... Read more
Episode 3 — One digital input, many meanings: a production counter on an ESP32 PLC Jul 28, 2026 From Prompt to Plant From Prompt to Plant is the series where we share, openly and in full, the prompts that let you program an Industrial Shields PLC with Claude Code. The AI writes the code; you validate it on a test be... Read more
Retrofit a Legacy PLC for IIoT with ESP32 PLC or GateBerry Jul 23, 2026 Arduino & Raspberry Pi Industrial News, Industry 4.0, IoT Can you retrofit a legacy PLC for IIoT without touching its logic? Yes. Reading the signals that are already there, instead of reprogramming the controller that produces them. That distinction is the ... Read more
PLC-to-phone alerts and the Purdue Model: when is it OK to skip the SCADA? Jul 23, 2026 From Prompt to Plant From Prompt to Plant is the series where we share, openly and in full, the prompts that let you program an Industrial Shields PLC with Claude Code. This article answers the best question episode 1 rec... Read more
Episode 1 — Pump failure alerts on your phone via Telegram with an ESP32 PLC Jul 21, 2026 From Prompt to Plant From Prompt to Plant is the series where we share, openly and in full, the prompts that let you program an Industrial Shields PLC with Claude Code. The AI writes the code; you validate it on a test be... Read more
Industrial Shields at Automation Expo 2026 | Visit us in Mumbai Jul 21, 2026 Arduino & Raspberry Pi Industrial News, Industry 4.0, IoT Industrial Shields will be at Automation Expo 2026 in Mumbai from 22 to 25 July , together with our Indian distribution partner Visha World . Find us at Hall 6, Stand O-26 , at the Nesco exhibition ce... Read more
Can AI really program PLCs? What LLMs change in industrial automation, and what they don't Jul 10, 2026 Arduino & Raspberry Pi Industrial News, Industry 4.0, IoT There is a lot of noise around artificial intelligence replacing engineers, rewriting industries and making entire skill sets obsolete overnight. Industrial automation tells a different story. Can Cha... Read more
Arduino PLC vs ESP32 PLC vs Raspberry Pi PLC: Which to Choose Jul 6, 2026 From Prototype to Plant Arduino PLC vs ESP32 PLC vs Raspberry Pi PLC: Which to Choose Choosing between an Arduino-based PLC, an ESP32 PLC, and a Raspberry Pi PLC looks simple. Three families, three datasheets, one decision. ... Read more