Profinet & ESP32: communication master ESP32 to S7 PLC series via Profinet Protocol Jun 11, 2026 Arduino Industrial Introduction Profinet (Process Field Network) is an open industrial Ethernet standard designed for automation and process control applications. It serves as a communication protocol for connecting dev... Read more
Using multiple Modbus RTU slaves in Node-RED Jun 11, 2026 Raspberry Pi for Industry Using multiple Modbus RTU slaves at the same time can be challenging. In this blog we'll explain how to properly achieve communication with mutiple slaves. Hardware used For our tests, we used a Raspb... Read more
Industrial Shields at IMTEX 2025: Hall 7, Stall E106 Jun 11, 2026 Arduino & Raspberry Pi Industrial News, Industry 4.0, IoT IMTEX 2025 , the Indian Machine Tool Exhibition , is one of the most prominent trade fairs for the manufacturing and metalworking industries. Organized by the Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers' Associ... Read more
Ardbox PLC family: industrial control with Arduino Leonardo inside Jun 10, 2026 Arduino Industrial If you've ever built a working prototype with Arduino and then faced the challenge of deploying it in a real industrial environment — dealing with noise, 24 Vdc signals, relay loads, or Modbus network... Read more
More than 1,000 lighting cabinets since 2021: the Smart Light Controller story Jun 8, 2026 Arduino Industrial In March 2021, the first lighting cabinet with a Smart Light Controller went live on the platform. It was not a pilot. It was a real installation, with a real budget and real public accountability. Th... Read more
Top 30 Arduino blogs and what it says about open source hardware in industry May 25, 2026 Arduino Industrial We received a message this week from FeedSpot: the Industrial Shields Arduino blog has been selected as one of the Top 30 Arduino Blogs on the web, 2026 edition . We are glad to be on that list. And i... Read more
A small controller with a serious job to do May 25, 2026 Arduino Industrial The ESP32 PLC 14 is a compact industrial PLC built for distributed control — reliable connectivity, open-source programming, and room to grow. Small footprint. Real industrial work. Not every automati... Read more
Your Raspberry Pi is gathering dust. Your factory floor can't afford that. May 21, 2026 Raspberry Pi for Industry From prototype to production: the missing link for Raspberry Pi in industrial environments. Most engineers have already proven the concept on a bare Pi. The real challenge is making it field-ready — e... Read more
Industrial monitoring and data extraction with Raspberry Pi: gateway, PLC and panel PC May 19, 2026 Raspberry Pi for Industry Complete guide: Choosing an industrial controller To collect data from machines and plants with Raspberry Pi based hardware, you choose between three device types. A gateway such as the GateBerry read... Read more
Open source hardware in industrial automation: why Arduino-based PLCs give you a real competitive edge May 18, 2026 Arduino Industrial In B2B industrial automation, the choice of control hardware is rarely just a technical decision. It is a strategic one. The platform you select today will shape your engineering costs, your talent pi... Read more
Plastic Injection Machine Monitoring System with ESP32 PLC and Cloud Integration May 7, 2026 Arduino & Raspberry Pi Industrial News, Industry 4.0, IoT ACQUISITALL: Open Technology for Industrial Monitoring and Energy Control Project Overview ACQUISITALL is an industrial monitoring and energy automation solution developed for plastic injection enviro... Read more
How to work with the 5GHz Wi-Fi module of the ESP32 Apr 17, 2026 Arduino Industrial Introduction The devices of the ESP32 Ethernet & WiFi & BLE PLC controller family have an integrated 5GHz Wi-Fi specific chip, called ISM43340. As you may know, the 5GHz Wi-Fi band is an improved vers... 5GHz Communication ESP32 ESP32PLC PLC Wi-fi Wifi Read more