With the IOT2020, Siemens is providing students a solution that covers open-source applications with the SIMATIC quality you’d expect.
In this video, Philipp Armbruster from Siemens, Norbert Heinz from Homofacians and RS Components own Hermann Baudry discuss maintenance, modern automation and how important it is for students to easily move from the classroom to the factory floor.
Find the product here: IOT2020 at RS Components
Third-party hardware such as PLCs and sensors from various different brands can be integrated via Ethernet or Serial (via USB adapter) using many available and open protocols including Modbus, Profinet, REST or MQTT.
The IOT2020 is also compatible with Arduino shields and various programming languages, including high-level languages such as Java, C++ and Python via a range of IDEs that includes Eclipse and compilers for Yocto Linux.
It is also expandable via an on-board mPCIe port. Node-Red, MQTT and SQLITE3 can also be used to connect and control local and remote peripherals, such as sensors on a device.
