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Industrial-Strength IoT Kit With Battery-Backed RTC Chip For Raspberry Pi

Advantech, a manufacturer of embedded platform solutions, announced its UNO-220 Raspberry Pi-ready industrial-grade gateway kit. In keeping with current Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology trends, UNO-220 is suitable for customers using the Raspberry Pi single-board computers (SBCs) for creating dedicated IoT applications. Equipped with a micro SD card with OS image and Raspberry Pi HAT I/O board, the UNO-220 [...]

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CODESYS Control For Raspberry Pi Allows PLC Programming According To IEC 61131-3

CODESYS is a PLC programming suite used by automation specialists as an environment for the development of controller applications. It is an IEC 61131-3 programming tool developed by the Germany-based company, 3S (Smart Software Solutions), providing users with integrated solutions that optimize the engineering of automated solutions. It represents a platform-independent development environment that is compatible [...]

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Raspberry Pi Cookbook Includes Internet-Of-Things (IoT) Projects

With millions of new users and various improved models, the Raspberry Pi ecosystem proceeds to grow, along with more questions regarding the RPi’s capabilities. The third edition of this successful cookbook presents more than 200 hands-on methods that explain how to run this tiny low-cost computer with Linux; program it using Python; hook it up to [...]

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Practical Guides To Mastering Embedded Linux Programming

Mastering Embedded Linux Programming: Unleash the full potential of Embedded Linux with Linux 4.9 and Yocto ProjectThis complete guide shows the technologies and techniques needed to incorporate Linux into embedded systems. The reader will begin by learning about the essential elements that underpin all embedded Linux projects: the toolchain, the bootloader, the kernel, and the [...]

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SAE J13939 Data Recorder With Raspberry Pi Zero

Our jCOM.J1939.USB gateway board is a vehicle network adapter for SAE J1939 applications, which allows any host device with a USB COM port to monitor SAE J1939 data traffic and communicate with the SAE J1939 vehicle network.The board supports the complete SAE J1939 protocol according to SAE J1939/81 Network Management (Address Claiming) and SAE J1939/21 [...]

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Dual Isolated CAN FD Interface Board For Raspberry Pi, Arduino, And Other Embedded Systems

The 2-Channel CAN Bus interface board by Copperhill Technologies was primarily designed with the Raspberry Pi in mind but is, nevertheless, also suitable for other embedded systems such as the Arduino family of CPU boards. The board supports two CAN FD (CAN with Flexible Data-Rate) ports with a data rate of up to 8Mbps. It features [...]

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Raspberry Pi PICAN2 Functionality Test With Two PICAN2 HATs

The following is yet another post on testing the PICAN2 - CAN Bus Interface for the Raspberry Pi, however, with a different approach. In this case, we utilize two identical PICAN2 boards and connect them per the CAN Bus (CAN_H to CAN_H, CAN_L to CAN_L) as shown in the image above.In the past, we have [...]

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Industrial-Strength Raspberry Pi Mini Computer With CAN Bus Port Supports Industrial IoT Applications

Techbase, a business specializing in small form factor industrial computers, announced their ModBerry M500, a mini-PC that utilizes the new Raspberry Pi 4. ModBerry devices are suited for use in harsh industrial conditions, e.g., factories, power plants, and more.The foremost advantage of the iMod platform comes with the ease-of-use and a variety of available functionalities. Due to [...]

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PICAN2 - Raspberry Pi CAN Bus HAT Supports SocketCAN and Python Programming

The PICAN2 board provides Controller Area Network (CAN) Bus capabilities for the Raspberry Pi. It uses the Microchip MCP2515 CAN controller with MCP2551 CAN transceiver. The CAN Bus connection is via DB9 or 3-way screw terminal. The board is also available with a 5 VDC 1 Amp SMPS (Switch Mode Power Supply) that can power the Raspberry Pi via [...]

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Thermocouple Measurement HAT Adds Industrial Temperature Measurement To The Raspberry Pi Platform

Measurement Computing Corporation has announced the release of their MCC 134 thermocouple measurement HAT for Raspberry Pi. The MCC 134 brings industrial temperature measurement capabilities to the vastly popular Raspberry Pi platform. The device comes with four thermocouples (TC) inputs capable of measuring popular TC types, such as J, K, R, S, T, N, E, and B. [...]

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