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16/10/2026

😄 That happy smile after wrapping up the next video! 🎬

This time I got my hands on the 𝗔𝗗𝗔𝗠-𝟮𝟱𝟬-𝗣𝗡 from Advantech Europe 🔧 and took it all the way from the field to the cloud ☁️

Here's what I cover in the video 👇
⚙️ Configuring the IOs in
🧠 Writing a simple logic
🔌 Reading the IO status via using
📡 Sending the data to the HiveMQ MQTT Broker (Cloud) for remote monitoring

From PLC to cloud in one setup 🚀 This is what looks like in practice!

Full review coming soon, stay tuned 🔔
👉 https://www.youtube.com/

Learn more about 𝗔𝗗𝗔𝗠-𝟮𝟱𝟬-𝗣𝗡 here: https://www.iotmart.com/en-eu/en/product-details?productSku=01tfS000000Lf1oQACamp;utm_source=linkedinamp;utm_medium=paid_socialamp;utm_campaign=2026_adam-250Pnamp;utm_content=rajvir_singh

06/10/2026

One sensor. 64 eyes. Zero false alarms. 👀

Bulk material never fills flat, so a single-point sensor can be fooled by one heap. 📉📈

The K50Z from Banner Engineering reads 64 points across the surface and averages them into one reliable level. ✅

I put QS18, Q20/Q5X, and K50Z side by side on real hardware 👇

🎥 Video: https://youtu.be/cJggykBWS00
📚 Wiki: https://wiki.codeandcompile.com/product-reviews/smart-devices/smart-fill-level-solution-from-banner-engineering

💬 What's the worst false signal you've chased on the shop floor?

05/10/2026

A based industrial controller for less than 600$? 👀

That's what EDATEC is offering with the ED-PAC3100, and I've just started testing one.

My first impressions after unboxing📦:
✅ CODESYS with TargetVisu and WebVisu came pre-installed. No flashing, no runtime setup, no license hunting.
✅ The device description installed in a couple of clicks.
✅ I was online and running my first program within minutes 😍 .

🔥Ready to use straight out of the box. Exactly how it should be.
Under the hood:
🔹 Raspberry Pi CM5, quad-core @ 2.4 GHz
🔹 CODESYS Control RTE, cycle times down to 250 µs
🔹 EtherCAT, Modbus TCP, PROFINET, OPC UA Server, MQTT
🔹 4× isolated RS232/RS485, dual Ethernet
🔹 9–36 V input, DIN rail, super capacitor backup

For anyone who wants to learn or prototype with CODESYS on real industrial hardware, this price point is a game changer.

🎁 And here's the exciting part:

I'm planning a GIVEAWAY of this controller together with my upcoming CODESYS course, launching in 2027.

👉 Follow me so you don't miss the announcement.

🌍 Learn more about this device here: https://edatec.cn/plc/pac3100
📑Datasheet: https://edatec.cn/docs/pac3100/ds/

02/10/2026

It's Friday. Here are 2 live demos worth your weekend coffee ☕🏭. Most automation videos show slides. I show real hardware running live. 👇

1️⃣ Smart Fill Level Solution with Banner Engineering
The box is NOT full, so why does the sensor say it is? 🤔 This one mistake is quietly wasting product and stopping production lines in factories everywhere. In this video, I show you exactly how to fix it by building a smart fill-level solution using Banner Engineering sensors — climbing the ladder from a simple yes/no signal all the way to true 64-point area sensing.
10K+ engineers have already watched this one.
🎥 https://lnkd.in/ePKpnZD8

2️⃣ Pixsys srl TC620 HMI: Vibration Monitoring LIVE
An HMI that runs CODESYS + Linux + Podman containers? Yes. 🤯
I turned the Pixsys TC620 into a real-time vibration monitoring dashboard with docker application running inside.
34K+ engineers have already watched this one.

🎥 https://lnkd.in/eNVR6D6u

What's coming next?
More hands-on videos on the latest in Industrial Automation, IIoT, smart sensors, edge devices and real-world industrial solutions, tested on real hardware.

🔔 Subscribe so you don't miss the next one: https://lnkd.in/dgu5PhFF

30/09/2026

Pleasure to meet you in person Thiago Alves, PhD. You are an inspiration .

Love your journey of

Allthanks to Software Defined Automation for organizing an amazing event!

22/09/2026

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥-𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 🚨

❌ One single-point sensor. One spot checked. That's it. Hit a gap, an odd-shaped part, or an uneven load → false "𝐅𝐔𝐋𝐋" signal resulting in stopped line, wasted product, confused operator. 😤

✅ So I tested Banner Engineering K50Z , an advanced multiple-point detection that actually sees the fill level across the whole box, not just one point. 📦📡

💡 25% → 75% → 100%. 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞.

🎥 Check my new video (26 min) breaking down exactly how it works + how to avoid this failure mode on your own line.

👉 Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJggykBWS00
🖥️ Wiki article: https://wiki.codeandcompile.com/product-reviews/smart-devices/smart-fill-level-solution-from-banner-engineering

15/09/2026

Can you read a load cell without a single analog input? 🤔
✅ Yes. And it's cleaner than you think.

I connected the .toledo , Inc SLP333D-IOL straight to a Siemens PLC over IO-Link (AL1100) from .
❌ No analog card. ❌ No amplifier. ✅ Just one cable.

Then I built a small HMI to show net weight, set-point, and error live. Set your target. It tells you if you're underweight, overweight, or OK.

Full video coming soon, wiring, the function block, and the HMI logic, step by step. If you work with weighing or IO-Link, this one's for you. Stay tuned. 🔧

14/09/2026

📦 "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐱 𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐔𝐋𝐋." 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 75% 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐲. 😅
𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘢 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘵 👇

🔴 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞-𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐫 (𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐐20): measures distance at 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭. It hit the top box and reported "full" -> technically correct at that point, completely wrong for the box.
🟢 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢-𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫 (𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐊50𝐙): an 8×8 grid = 64 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 across the whole surface. Its reading? 25% full.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡. ✅
The lesson isn't "one sensor is better." It's this: the right sensor depends entirely on your application. One-point sensing is fast and cheap but if your object has uneven fill, gaps, or varying geometry, you need coverage, not a single reading. 🎯

❌ 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 = false positives, stopped lines, wasted product.
✅ 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 = reliability you can build on. 🏭

🖥️ Watch full video here: https://youtu.be/cJggykBWS00

10/09/2026

📦 The box was clearly NOT full. So why was the sensor showing that it was? 🤔

This one mistake is quietly costing factories 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲💸 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭, 🛑 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬 nobody can explain.

Here's the uncomfortable truth👇most sensors on a shop floor answer only 𝐎𝐍𝐄 question:
❓ "𝐈𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞? 𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨?"

But a single point can only ever tell you about a single point. 🎯 Put a hole, an odd shape, or an uneven load under that one beam, and it lies to you. ⚠️
❌ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐬.
❌ 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝.
✅ 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠.

So in my new video, I climb the ladder 🪜 from the simplest yes/no detection all the way up to true area sensing using Banner Engineering products:
🔹 QS18 → basic on/off level detection
🔹 Q20 → time-of-flight that tells you HOW full, not just yes/no 📏
🔹 Q5X → long-range laser sensing + a live display beacon 🔦
🔹 K50Z → the game-changer: 64 measuring points (8×8) in ONE sensor 🤯

𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐦, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐊50𝐙 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐱, 𝐩𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐥 𝐛𝐲 𝐩𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐥 🧊 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬, 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞.
❌ No PLC required.

I go all the way to a live demo + a Node-RED dashboard showing real-time fill level. 🚀📊

📺 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJggykBWS00
🔔 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 so you don't miss it.

02/09/2026

🚀 New Video alert! Back from a month off, and I couldn't wait to hit 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝. 🎥

So I did something a 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 this time. I took a single Pixsys srl HMI and asked one question: 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐱 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐨? 🤔

Turns out... a lot 🫢. CODESYS logic, WebVisu, Node-RED and edge, 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥. . Just one device doing the work of three. 🤯

𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 #𝘗𝘓𝘊 𝘰𝘳 #𝘐𝘐𝘰𝘛 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵, 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵. 𝘐𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘰𝘹𝘦𝘴. 👇

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW4mxYZa9w4&feature=youtu.be
What would YOU consolidate first? Drop it in the comments. 💬

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