Retrofit a Legacy PLC for IIoT with ESP32 PLC or GateBerry Jul 23, 2026 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
Industrial Shields at Automation Expo 2026 | Visit us in Mumbai Jul 21, 2026 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 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
Sending Messages via SMS or Telegram Using an ESP32 PLC 14 with Integrated 4G Jun 18, 2026 Introduction The integration of 4G communication into ESP32-based PLCs opens up endless possibilities for IoT and industrial automation. In a previous blog, "How to Use 4G with the ESP32 PLC" , we exp... Read more
Transformative trends in industrial robotics for 2026 and beyond Jun 18, 2026 Industrial robotics is no longer growing steadily — it is accelerating. Global industrial robot installations exceeded 590,000 units in 2023 and are projected to surpass one million annual deployments... Read more
Europe's energy digitalisation: regulation, smart grids, and the hardware that enables compliance Jun 18, 2026 Europe's energy sector is being redesigned from the ground up. The combination of decarbonisation targets, the shift to distributed renewable generation, and an accelerating regulatory agenda is forci... Read more
Industrial automation trends for 2026 and beyond Jun 18, 2026 Three forces are converging right now: AI is moving from the cloud to the factory floor faster than most roadmaps anticipated, EU regulation is making OT security and energy monitoring mandatory, and ... Read more
Industrial remote monitoring with ESP32 PLC 14 and GateBerry: wind, solar and machinery applications Jun 16, 2026 Remote monitoring has changed. The question is no longer "how do we see what is happening without being on site." It is "how do we capture enough data from distributed assets to act before something f... Read more
LoRaWAN for smart farming: a field-to-server architecture with Industrial Shields Jun 16, 2026 Connecting sensors distributed across hundreds of hectares is one of the core challenges in precision agriculture. WiFi reaches tens of metres. Cellular costs per-device per month. Wired infrastructur... Read more
Testing CAN/SPI communication on the ESP32 PLC 14 Jun 12, 2026 In this blog post, we explain how to test CAN bus communication between two ESP32 PLC 14 units using the CAN SPI 5V click module and Arduino IDE. Hardware setup: connecting the CAN SPI click The ESP32... Read more
Ethernet connection with an ESP32 PLC or an M-Duino PLC Jun 12, 2026 In this blog post, we explain how to configure and test Ethernet connectivity on any ESP32 PLC or M-Duino PLC from Industrial Shields, using the Arduino Ethernet library. The example sketch connects t... Read more
Testing inputs, outputs and relay on the ESP32 PLC 14 Jun 12, 2026 In this blog post, we will execute a test using the Arduino IDE platform to check the proper functioning of the inputs, outputs, and relays of an ESP32 PLC 14 IOs. Setting up Arduino IDE for the ESP32... Read more