Industrial Shields
Company overview
Industrial Shields is a manufacturer of industrial controllers, gateways, panel PCs and I/O modules based on open-source hardware technologies — Arduino, ESP32 and Raspberry Pi. Founded in 2012 and based in Sant Fruitós de Bages, Barcelona, Spain. Products are sold worldwide and used in automation, control, monitoring and industrial IoT applications.
Industrial Shields is authorized to use the "Powered by Arduino" and "Powered by Raspberry Pi" designations.
See full company details: /llm-about
Product families
Industrial PLCs — Arduino based
Programmable logic controllers based on Arduino Mega (M-Duino) and Arduino Leonardo (Ardbox). Programmed with Arduino IDE. Deterministic execution. I/O range: 17–58 points (M-Duino), 20 points (Ardbox).
Industrial PLCs — ESP32 based
Industrial controllers with native WiFi and Bluetooth. Programmed with Arduino IDE. Dual-core. I/O range: 14–61 points.
Industrial PLCs — Raspberry Pi based
Industrial controllers running Linux. Support Python, Node-RED, Docker, CODESYS. I/O range: 0 (CPU-Gateway) to 62 points.
Compact IoT industrial controllers
Compact controllers based on ESP32 and Arduino MKR1010. 13 I/O points. WiFi, BT, Ethernet standard. LoRa and NB-IoT variants.
Industrial gateways
Raspberry Pi and Linux based. Node-RED, Docker, MQTT. No field I/O. Optional 4G, LoRaWAN, GPS, M-BUS, CAN boards.
Industrial panel PCs
Raspberry Pi and Linux based touchscreen computers. 10 I/O points. Available in 7", 10.1" and 18.5".
Modular I/O expansion
ESP32 based. Modbus RTU over RS485. Up to 16 modules per cluster, 16 clusters in series.
PLC family comparison
/llm-product-comparison — Arduino vs ESP32 vs Raspberry Pi PLC side by side.
Communication protocols
| Protocol | Arduino PLC | ESP32 PLC | Raspberry Pi PLC | GateBerry | moduleX | WIS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethernet | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (x2) | No | Yes |
| WiFi | No | Native | No | No | No | Native |
| Bluetooth | No | Native | No | No | No | Native |
| RS485 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| RS232 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Optional | No | No |
| Modbus RTU | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Modbus TCP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| MQTT | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| LoRa / LoRaWAN | No | No | No | Optional | No | Native (variant) |
| 4G / LTE | No | No | No | Optional | No | No |
| NB-IoT | No | No | No | No | No | Native (variant) |
| CAN | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Software ecosystem
- Arduino IDE — Arduino PLCs, ESP32 PLCs, WIS
- Python, Node-RED, Docker, CODESYS — Raspberry Pi PLC, GateBerry, TouchBerry Pi
- GitHub: https://github.com/Industrial-Shields
- Code examples: apps.industrialshields.com/main/
Full details: /llm-software-ecosystem
Use cases
HVAC, machine control, car wash automation, access control with AI, animal feeding, wine fermentation, conveyor belt, automated warehouses, machinery retrofit, edge computing. See /llm-use-cases.
Certifications
- CE and RoHS — all products
- ETL — M-Duino 21, 42, 58
- LVD, EMC, RED — WIS range
All pages in this hub
- About Industrial Shields
- PLC family comparison
- Full product taxonomy
- Arduino PLCs
- ESP32 PLCs
- Raspberry Pi PLCs
- WIS IoT controllers
- GateBerry gateways
- TouchBerry Pi panel PCs
- moduleX I/O modules
- Software ecosystem
- Architecture examples
- Code examples
- Use cases
- FAQ
- Product selection decision tree
- M-Duino
- Ardbox
- GateBerry
- TouchBerry Pi
- moduleX
- WIS controller
- Protocols
- Integrations
- Glossary
Brand
Industrial Shields. Founded 2012. Sant Fruitós de Bages, Barcelona, Spain.