Industrial Shields | Industrial applications of PLC Arduino based. The programmable logic controller re-evolution.

How to install screensaver on Touchberry Pi

Tuesday June 27th, 2017 Technical Service

On this post is showed how to install a screensaver for a Touchberry Pi. First, uncomment the line “@xscreensaver -no-splash” (removing #) from /home/pi/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart. Second, follow these steps: Open the Touchberry Pi Make sure there is internet connection Open the terminal and type: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install xscreensaver Wait to finish the installation process. Close the terminal After installation, perform a search in the Dash for Screensaver. Launch the Screensaver utility and use it to configure XScreenSaver and…

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How to use an RTC (Real Time Clock) on Touchberry B3 Pi

Friday June 23rd, 2017 Technical Service

In this post it is showed hot to configure the Touchberry B3 Pi to add an RTC (Real Timer Clock). The requirement for this post is to have a Touchberry B3 Pi and a RTC. How to connect them? Normally, RTC use an I2C connection. So, on the top of the Raspberry PinOut there is the I2C connection:

How to implement an Arduino web server

Tuesday June 20th, 2017 Technical Service

In this blog is showed how to implement an Arduino web server on Arduino based PLC’s. The requirement for this example is just an Ardunio based PLC with Ethernet connection as M-Duino. M-Duino require power supply to make work the Ethernet shield and Ethernet wire. You must select the IP and Mac direction. In this example are: IP = 192.168.1.219 and Mac = 0xDE, 0xAB, 0xBE, 0x15, 0x00, 0x01.

How connect Arduino based PLC with Siemens PLC equipped with Ethernet port

Thursday June 15th, 2017 Technical Service

On this post it is showed how to connect Industrial Shields Arduino based PLC (M-Duino‘s) with a Siemens PLC equipped with Ethernet port or communication processor. Any PLC is supported except for old S5 family. To do that we have to use Settimino. Settimino is an open source Ethernet library for interfacing Arduino with Siemens S7 PLC’s. CPU’s 1200/1500 LOGO 0BA7 and S7200 are also supported. Download Settimino from the link. Requirements of this example: Arduino based PLC with Ethernet…

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How to program Arduino based PLC through Ethernet

Friday June 9th, 2017 Technical Service

This post it shows how to install Ariadne bootloader that allows to programming Arduino based PLC’s of Industrial Shields through Ethernet TFTP Client. Then it is also showed an example of how to program it. The requirements for this example are: An M-Duino Other Arduino based PLC or Arduino board, as ISP New Ariadne bootloader for Arduino Mega 2560 .hex Ethernet connection Industrial Shields Boards Installed M-Dunio needs the new Ariadne bootloader to be programmed through Ethernet. How to upload…

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How to read encoder speed through an interrupt with an Arduino based PLC’s

Friday May 19th, 2017 Technical Service

In this post it is showed how to read the speed of an encoder with an Arduino based PLC’s. The requirements for this example are: Encoder One of our PLC’s 2 resistors of 4k7 In this example we have used an E6B2-C OMRON encoder and an M-Duino 21 I/O’s

How to read an encoder with Arduino based PLC’s

Wednesday May 17th, 2017 Technical Service

In this post it is showed how to count pulses of an encoder with one of Arduino based PLC’s. The requirements for this example are: Encoder One of our PLC’s 2 resistors of 4k7 In this example we have used an E6B2-C OMRON encoder and an M-Duino 21 I/O’s

Tools40 library, useful tool using our equipments

Monday May 8th, 2017 Technical Service

This is Industrial Shields library for our different PLC’s Tools40 library include SimpleComm library, Filter library and Timer library. With the SimpleComm library you can send data through any Arduino Stream: RS-485, RS-232, and Ethernet… It is enough flexible to support different kind of communication typologies: Ad-hoc, Master-Slave, Client-Server… Using an easy to use API. Filter library includes filtering software that allow you to smooth analog inputs. This is really useful when you have an analog signal that is unstable. With Timer library you can create…

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How to touch up data from the EEPROM

Friday April 28th, 2017 Technical Service

EEPROM is a memory whose values are kept when the board is turned off. In this example it is showed how to write and read from the EEPROM. In our products, Ardbox has 1KB and M-Duino has 4KB of EEPROM This example we will see how to use functions EEPROM.write(), EEPROM.read(),EEPROM.put() and EEPROM.get().

How to use Stepper Motor with ARDBOX Analog

Thursday April 27th, 2017 Technical Service

This post is showed how to control a steeper motor with an Ardbox analog. Example requirements: Stepper motor Motor Driver Ardbox analog Important: our equipment’s are prepared for work with common ground !!!