Ladder programming with CODESYS on a Raspberry PLC Nov 11, 2024 Raspberry Pi for Industry To program a Raspberry PLC in Ladder with CODESYS, create a project with a PLC_PRG in Ladder Logic Diagram (LD), copy the POUs and the rpiplc folder from the Industrial Shields Ladder template on GitH... Read more
Servo Motor with Arduino based PLC Oct 18, 2024 Arduino Industrial Introduction In this post, we will control the speed of a servo motor 57HSE2N-D25. For this we will also need a driver, HSS57 Hybrid Servo Driver, for the servo motor that will be connected to our Ard... Driver Motor Servo Read more
How to connect an LCD screen to an Arduino based PLC Oct 18, 2024 Arduino Industrial Introduction This post it is showed how to connect an LCD screen to an Arduino based PLC. This post, it is used an LCD 2004A model and an Ardbox PLC family. This example will work with any PLC from th... 20IOs arduino ArduinoIDE EthernetPLC LCD Read more
How to use FUXA with Raspberry Pi PLC Oct 16, 2024 Raspberry Pi for Industry FUXA is an open-source, web-based SCADA and HMI editor that runs on Node.js. On a Raspberry PLC, FUXA does not read the I/O directly. Node-RED reads and writes the PLC pins with the Industrial Shields... Read more
Comparative Analysis: UPSafePi vs Orange Pi 3B Oct 15, 2024 Raspberry Pi for Industry Introduction In this article, we will compare the features of two popular development boards: the UPSafePi and the Orange Pi 3B . The UPSafePi is based on the Raspberry Pi 4B but has the added advanta... Read more
How to set up the UPS of a Raspberry based PLC Oct 8, 2024 Raspberry Pi for Industry Enchancing Raspberry Pi PLC with UPS and RTC capabilities Discover how Raspberry Pi-based PLCs integrate crucial functionalities like Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) and Real-Time Clock (RTC) , boo... Read more
LoRa module on Raspberry PI Sep 30, 2024 Raspberry Pi for Industry Requirements and setup Before we try anything with the module, we must make sure that the PLC fulfills certain requirements. First of all, install Industrial Shield's librpiplc library following the i... Read more
How to use Modbus RTU with Touchberry Panel / UPSafePI Sep 30, 2024 Raspberry Pi for Industry Before starting Modbus RTU is a widely used protocol to interact with slave devices, to write and read over their registers and control multiple end-points at the time. For a basic introduction to Mod... Read more
LoRaWAN on Raspberry Pi Sep 13, 2024 Raspberry Pi for Industry LoRaWAN LoRaWAN (Long Range Wide Area Network) is a wireless communication protocol designed for low-power, long-range data transmission. It is used primarily in IoT (Internet of Things) applications ... Read more
Using ESP32 PLC, M-Duino and Ardbox with OpenPLC Sep 6, 2024 Arduino Industrial Complete guide: OpenPLC with industrial PLCs To program an ESP32 PLC, M-Duino or Ardbox from OpenPLC, install the Industrial Shields mod in the OpenPLC Editor folder and select your PLC model as the b... Read more
How to use 4G with the ESP32 PLC Sep 5, 2024 Arduino Industrial To use 4G on an ESP32 PLC you need the 4G (M1)-NB1 IoT LTE communication board (u-blox SARA-R412M), a SIM with an LTE-M or NB-IoT data plan and an antenna. In the Arduino IDE, select your ESP32 PLC mo... Read more
Analysis of the ESP32 PLC 14 pinout time response Sep 2, 2024 Arduino Industrial Introduction The ESP32 PLC 14 is a programmable logic controller (PLC) that utilizes an ESP32 microcontroller and features a total of 14 inputs and outputs. Among these, there are 4 digital outputs, 7... Read more