Hey all - I have built 2 of the AR4 robots over the last year and have created a CODESYS PLC project that can be used to control them and I wanted to share it with you.
CODESYS is an industrial PLC platform that uses structured text as the programming language. The "PLC" in this case is a Raspberry Pi.
I am an industrial controls engineer and thought it would be nice to create a CODESYS project and share it with folks that are trying to get into controls.
I call this software ArfBotOS and it has features such as a Python based vision system, CNC, web based HMI, remote control via PS5 controller, EtherCAT communications, I/O support, text based programming from the HMI, and more.
It is still a work in progress but is considered "feature complete" at this point.
The downside is that if you want to run the software for more than 2 hours without restarting - say, in a production environment - you will need to purchase licenses from CODESYS. However, for learning this is acceptable.
Check it out and let me know if you have any questions!
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