On 20 October 2013 14:16, Wayne Stallwood ALUGlist@digimatic.co.uk wrote:
That's always going to be the case really unless you move to PLC type systems that have hardened I/O...but then you have to use PLC type development languages and pay PLC type money for the interfaces :-)
I did have a quick look for SoftPLC's that would run on a Pi, but it wasn't really what I was looking for so didn't try very hard. There seem to be projects that are heading in that direction though. Of-course that solves the wrong end of the problem (doesn't fix the hardware interfacing) but if it took off then I'm sure more breakout kit would be forthcoming.
It would be good to see PLC-type equipment become more available outside industry; it could have applications in home automation for example but not at the sort of prices that typical PLC kit command. A DIN-rail case for the Pi/BBB and DIN-Rail based breakout boards would be a great idea, I think.