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Building an Add-On Module for the Automation Direct P1AM-100 Open-Source PLC

In January 2020, Automation Direct launched their ProductivityOpen family of open-source programmable logic controllers (PLC’s)

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Published September 27, 2022

Original author: blog by Glen Akins · United States of AmericaOriginal source (new tab)

Building an Add-On Module for the Automation Direct P1AM-100 Open-Source PLC

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In January 2020, Automation Direct launched their ProductivityOpen family of open-source programmable logic controllers (PLC’s). The first controller in the series, the P1AM-100, is based on the Microchip ATSAMD21 microcontroller and programmed using the Arduino development environment. To encourage development, they launched a prototyping module alongside the controller. The prototyping module consists of a piece of perfboard, the required connectors, and a housing. I was already familiar with Automation Direct and their PLC and pneumatic products after building my crate beast and zombie…

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