Industrial Shields

Industrial Shields manufactures open source industrial hardware to build machines, designs and installations in industrial automation and process control. Industrial Shields PLCs and Panel PCs are based on the most popular open source boards such as Arduino Leonardo, Arduino Mega, Raspberry Pi and Hummingboard; moreover, they support open source operative systems like Android and Linux.

Using Industrial Shields products allows engineers to design complete Industrial Automation projects with Open Source Hardware (OSH)

Discover the Industrial Shields range

Now it’s possible! From prototype to industrialisation with open source hardware!

Industrial Shields product range covers Arduino based compact and modular PLCs as well as Raspberry PI based, Android OS and Linux OS Panel PCs.

The ARDBOX and M-DUINO series of Arduino based PLCs allow you to prototype applications with the most famous Arduino boards, such as Arduino Mega and Arduino Leonardo, and go in production with almost no changes to the code.
Industrial Shields PLCs and Panel PCs are the perfect choice for Engineers who are looking for extremely flexible industrial hardware to develop cutting edge applications.

Another key characteristic of the Industrial Shields PLCs is the I/Os density; up to 58 inputs/output in a single compact module.

ARDBOX COMPACT PLCs

Entry level Arduino-based PLCs

Supply voltage of 12-24 VDC. Two different versions available with 10 inputs / 10 outputs including digital, analogue, PNP, PWM and relay.

Communication
The ARDBOX product family offers the possibility of communication between two PLCs via an I2C bus. This allows to connect up to 127 modules which can provide 2.540 I/Os in total. Other communication ports: USB, serial port, RS232 and RS485.

Instantaneous connection and programming.
The ARDBOX PLCs use an Arduino LEONARDO which allows USB programming via the Arduino IDE interface. This feature provides immediate access in order to program, maintain and prepare the PLC for its set up.

Standardized modules.

The different ARDBOX family devices are programmed exactly in the same way. Once you have used one of them, the rest can be configured by adopting the same methodology.

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M-DUINO MODULAR PLCs

Industrial Arduino-based modular PLCs

Supply voltage of 12-24 VDC. Six different versions available with up to 58 inputs / outputs including digital, analogue, PNP, PWM and relay.

Communication
The M-DUINO product family offers the possibility of communication between two PLCs via an I2C bus. This allows to connect up to 127 modules which can provide 7.100 I/Os in total. Other communication ports: Ethernet, USB, serial port, RS232 and RS485.

Instantaneous connection and programming.
The M-DUINO PLCs use an Arduino MEGA which allows USB programming via the Arduino IDE platform. This offers immediate access to program, maintain and control the application. It also allows to continuously monitor the status for all the variables, inputs and outputs. M-DUINO is compatible with the ARDBOX PLCs and the Touchberry Pi via instantaneous connection.

Standardized modules.

The different M-DUINO family devices are programmed exactly in the same way. Once you have used one of them, the rest can be configured by adopting the same methodology.

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PANEL PCs

Open source programmable touchscreens

Three different versions available HummTOUCH Android, HummTOUCH Linux (based on Hummingboard) and TOUCHBERRY PI (based on Raspberry PI B+) with 10.1” capacitive touch screens. Open source programming via Android OS or Linux OS.

Communication and programming
All typical communication ports are available like Ethernet, USB, WIFI and I2C. The operator system is stored on a SD card which allows easy cloning of the configuration. Easy USB programming via Arduino IDE interface.

Control the status of your devices
Using the Ethernet port allows to control all parameters, data, input, output of the devices and equipment from a desk . The PC panels have sufficient I/Os to even control simple automation and control designs without an additional PLC.

Connectivity
Industrial Shields Panel PCs can be connected to all other devices from Industrial Shields in order to obtain complete control of all equipment, machinery and installations.


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