CodeSys based HMI design and sensor upgrades for a PLC and Atmega2560 controlled industrial conveyor

R Varga,G Husi,T I Erdei

doi:10.1088/1757-899x/568/1/012062

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Abstract

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.

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In the building-mechatronics research centre of University of Debrecen, a new lab has been created with the name of „Cyber-Physical and Intelligent Robot Systems Laboratory”
In terms of Ardunio, another model was chosen, which is the Ardunio Nano. This device has been added to the system not with a pre-testing consideration, but as a device to connect the PLC to the conveyor belt, with the goal of stepper motor control
Industrial PLC finalising After the previously written CodeSys program was checked, the already simulated PLC Lad program was copied to the Schneider Electric Unity development environment

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In the building-mechatronics research centre of University of Debrecen, a new lab has been created with the name of „Cyber-Physical and Intelligent Robot Systems Laboratory”. 2. ATMega2560 & 328 microcontroller In order to ensure the open-source nature of the controller, and to guarantee its usability in an educational setting, the Ardunio product line was chosen, which has extensive support. This version of the Ardunio serves the role of a “pre-tester” device in the control of the conveyor belt.

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