Re: Any Windows CE devices that can replace PLCs?
- From: "Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <ptobey no spam AT no instrument no spam DOT com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 09:41:10 -0700
I can, at present, only give you an 'almost' on that. Look at
www.edasce.com. Our device is modular, has the data types that you're
talking about, is expandable (although not infinitely expandable), mounts on
a DIN rail, and is industrial. This device presently runs Windows CE 3, so
it doesn't support .NET CF development (and it's headless anyway, so
wouldn't support that, even if it ran CE 4 or 5), but we are working on more
full-featured devices that have display and keyboard capability and will use
the same I/O as the current unit.
Since you only want a little bit of a display, you might also look at adding
that via serial I/O (which the base EDAS CE supports). We have some small
terminal devices that work well for that, too, if you want a single-vendor
solution: http://www.instrument.com/oem-hmi-terminals.html. We have a
customer or two who uses this exact scheme for simple operator I/O.
Paul T.
"Me" <me@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Not sure if there are or not... but you could try COTS or some other type
> of industry magazine and see what is in there. Advantech may also have
> some smaller sized computers that have what you are looking for. If you
> are looking for a replacement for a PLC that runs a production line I
> would do a lot of research - you dont want your line to GPF on you! :-)
>
>
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> <johannblake@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Does anyone know if there are any companies producing stand-alone
>> Windows CE based "controllers" used for industrial applications? More
>> specifically, what I am looking for is a unit that contains the Windows
>> CE OS with possible support for CE .NET and the following:
>>
>> * analog / digital inputs / outputs
>> * a display (at the minimum, a simple one line text display)
>> * a keybord input panel (not a computer keyboard)
>> * the ability to add expansion modules (more inputs/outputs and other
>> types of modules)
>>
>> The unit must be rugged and designed for industrial purposes and should
>> be able to fit into some kind of rack or be designed to fit into a
>> panel cutout.. What I am looking for is something that could
>> potentially replace a PLC (programmable logic controller). Programming
>> in Visual Studio .NET in a language like C# or Visual Basic .NET is a
>> powerful solution that goes beyond typical ladder logic programming.
>>
>> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>>
>> Thank you
>> Johann Blake
>>
>
>
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