This article discusses the feasibility and/or benefits of developing and assembling open-source PLCs that are low cost, comparable to those already used in industrial automation, with a modular, simplified architecture and expansion capabilities.
Our goal with this project is to design a functional open-source PLC. We believe that, with enough help from the open-source community, it will become a low-cost solution to accelerate industrial development and production in underdeveloped countries.
Keywords
PLC; Open PLC; Automation; MODBUS; Open source