Arduino has announced what it calls its “first micro PLC [Programmable Logic Controller],” the Opta — a rugged gadget designed with the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) at the forefront.
“We designed [Opta] specifically with PLC engineers in mind,” the Arduino team claims of its latest hardware launch, “supporting standard languages including LD (Ladder Logic Diagram) and FBD (Function Block Diagram), it allows professional users to scale up industrial and building automation projects leveraging our signature open-source, easy-to-use, anti-vendor-lock-in approach.”