The Arduino Extension is a newly added feature to the OpenPLC editor. With this extension, now you can add Arduino Sketches that will run alongside your PLC program ...

[18:10:46]: CPU Model - Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4570 CPU @ 3.20GHz [18:10:46]: Checking tools availability... [18:10:46]: Arduino CLI available at version 1.1.1 [18:10:46]: IEC2C available at version 0.1 ...

Abstract: Open-source Programmable Logic Controller (OpenPLC) software is designed to be vendor-natural and run on almost any computer or low-cost embedded devices e.g., Raspberry Pi, Ardunio, and ...

It’s been nearly four years since we covered [Thiago]’s OpenPLC project. He never stopped working on it, and now it’s in a highly polished state. If you read our initial coverage of this project, it ...

Stepping out onto just about any factory floor you’ll find complex automatons building anything and everything imaginable. These machines need to be controlled somehow and before the age of computers ...

Abstract: Real hardware PLCs are quite pricey, and some-times are unaffordable for scientists/engineers to build up small testbeds, and conduct their experiments or academic researches. For all that, ...