CodeSys based HMI design and sensor upgrades for a PLC and Atmega2560 controlled industrial conveyor
10.15660/AUOFMTE.2019-2.3455
R Varga, T I Erdei, G Husi
vargarul94@gmail.com
Volume XXVIII, 2019/2
Engineers nowadays must be able to solve the challenges set by industry 4.0, in order to make existing devices viable for this new trend. This requires a complex, system-based way of thinking. Nowadays, in most cases, we usually find company-specific hardware and software in industrial automated production. However, in different industries, it is not unheard of that a given manufacturing cell, robot, or manipulator became unserviceable, because a manufacturer is no longer on the market, making it impossible to find replacement controllers, software, or updated firmware for our industrial robot, or manipulator. The following project aims to provide a solution to the problem detailed above, where an unserviceable Flexlink conveyor’s controller is replaced with both an Arduino and a PLC, and before realisation of the new control method, simulations are possible before connecting the actual controller.
ISSN 1583-0691, CNCSIS "Clasa B+"