Trust, Confidence, Convenience Smart Control Education Smart Control Education Focusing on training skilled personnel in the intelligent manufacturing industry. Hello everyone! Let’s learn a small piece of industrial control knowledge every day. I am Xiao Zhi, and I’m here to meet you again! Today, we will learn about the standard layout of touch screens (internal … Read more
Human-Machine Interface connects programmable logic controllers (PLC), variable frequency drives, DC speed controllers, instruments, and other industrial control devices, using a display screen to show information, and through input units (such as touch screens, keyboards, mice, etc.) to write working parameters or input operation commands, realizing digital devices that enable information interaction between humans and … Read more
Field of Application Smart Manufacturing Pain Points · Issue 1: Insufficient Bandwidth and Poor Anti-Interference of Traditional Fieldbus Technology With the intelligent development of the manufacturing industry and the exponential increase in the number of bus nodes, traditional fieldbus technologies (such as CAN, Profibus, etc.) can no longer meet the transmission requirements of massive data. … Read more
CAN, short for “Controller Area Network”, is one of the most widely used field buses internationally. Initially, CAN was designed for microcontroller communication in automotive environments, exchanging information between various electronic control units (ECUs) in vehicles, forming an automotive electronic control network. For example, the engine management system, transmission controller, instrument equipment, and electronic backbone … Read more
Compared to STM32, the STM8 series microcontrollers, although less well-known, hold a certain position in industrial control and embedded systems due to their efficient performance and rich peripheral interfaces, among which the I2C (Inter-Integrated Circuit) interface plays an important role. This article will analyze the characteristics of the STM8 I2C interface and explain its advantages … Read more
Word Count: 800 Content Quality Index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Point One I am an embedded software engineer in the industrial control industry, working in a niche area of soft PLC low-level Runtime, which involves the QNX operating system and the uCOS operating system on MCU. Unlike typical embedded engineers, my work does not involve Linux applications. I … Read more
The chips I have used before include: AT89C51, 2051, PIC16C711, 16F84, LPC76X, ADuC812/834 However, after seeing AVR, I think AVR has many advantages: 1. It has a 10-bit A/D converter, which generally meets the basic requirements for industrial control; 2. It comes with FLASH and EEPROM, especially the EEPROM, which can store logic bombs to … Read more
Since the introduction of PLCs in the 1960s in the United States to replace traditional relay control devices, PLCs have rapidly developed and been widely applied around the world. At the same time, the functions of PLCs have continuously improved. With the ongoing advancements in computer technology, signal processing technology, control technology, and network technology, … Read more
As a part of the Mechatronics College, the upcoming courses will all involve microcontrollers. So, what exactly is a microcontroller? Let’s take a brief look with Mechatronics Guru! Basic Introduction A microcontroller is an integrated circuit chip that uses very large scale integration technology to integrate a central processing unit (CPU) with data processing capabilities, … Read more
Differences Between PLC and Microcontroller 99% of Electricians Have Saved This Mid Year Summary Many beginners often confuse PLCs and microcontrollers. Today, let’s discuss what the differences are: PART 01 What is PLC PLC is short for Programmable Logic Controller. It is a digital electronic device with a microprocessor, equivalent to a small computer, used … Read more