Arduino Makes a PLC!? #engineering #automation #electronics #controls #plc #arduino @Arduino

This is an Arduino and so is this. Despite pretty different form factors and not to over complicate things, but this is also an Arduino. This is the Arduino Uno from the Arduino official starter kit that comes with a breadboard for easy beginner projects. While this is an Arduino Nano, which has got to be the most optimized tiny board for embedded circuitry, and it can be combined with so many attachments to make it easier to use, like these terminal bases. I've used this embed in this lightsaber soldered into this hobby board. And I even designed a custom printed circuit board to use a nano. This is the Arduino IoT board that comes with touch sensors and a little built-in LCD screen. The Arduino Uno is one of the most versatile ones for driving larger components like this one, which has a stepper motor shield combined in it, which is basically how DIY 3D printer and CNC machine kits are driven. And you may already be familiar with all these flavors of Arduino, but I bet you're not familiar with this, the Arduino Opta PLC. PLC's are notably different from the rest of these microcontroller boards, as they usually find themselves in control cabinets alongside industrial hardware in plant and factory settings. And Arduino built their own open-source IDE for programming this PLC, or you can use the popular Open PLC IDE, or you can just use the conventional Arduino IDE. And I'm super excited about this affordable PLC cuz when combined with inputs and outputs like these switches and motors, you can do some really cool projects. And this is going to be an awesome way to show you guys about the world of industrial controls and automation that I work in. So, make sure you're following along.