For most of our prototype, hobby, or one-off electronics projects it’s perfectly fine to use a development platform like an Arduino Uno or something to that effect. They’re both easy to… ...

The Arduino talks to a USB card reader using a USB host shield. Then it communicates with the PLC using an RS232 link and the DF1 protocol that most Allen Bradley PLCs understand.

RS-232 cross line cable Several embedded hardware makers now provide a variety of I/O accessories for the Arduino-PLC concept, including screw shields, optocoupler shields, and relay shields. In a ...

A compact, open-source PLC solution that combines an ESP8266 running OpenPLC with an Arduino Nano OLED monitoring interface. This project creates a standalone programmable logic controller with ...

The popularity of Arduino-based projects for Do-It-Yourself (DIY) enthusiasts continued to grow during the COVID-19 ridden year of 2020. Arduino, one of the most widely used open-source electronics ...

The Oplà IoT Kit follows the recent launch of the Arduino Explore IoT Kit (€99.00), featuring 10 step-by-step online education activities. That kit was aimed at high school and college students ...

The purpose of this project is to present an alternative for the Arduino boards programming through a ladder diagram development environment. Similarly, it seeks to provide a new option for both ...