Global distribution agreement offers Arduino-compatible industrial controllers to enable easy programming

A global distribution agreement between Mouser and Industruino offers open source products ideal for permanent or prototype industrial applications, including automation, data logging, and HMI. The product line of Arduino-compatible boards includes the PROTO kit and IND.I/O kit plus Ethernet and GSM/GPRS modules. Both the kits are based on a 48MHz Microchip SAM D21 microcontroller with 256kb of onboard flash memory and feature a backlit 128×64 LCD screen and a 14-pin IDC expansion port. The boards allow developers to use the Arduino platform and large community to quickly program their designs. The PROTO kit includes a main control board above a prototyping board, with a 2A switching voltage regulator that offers an output of 5V and an input voltage range of 7V – 28V. The IND.I/O kit is an interfacing solution to bridge the gap between Arduino compatibility and PLCs and robust industrial sensors and actuators. All field peripherals are galvanically isolated from the microcontroller via digital isolators and communicate via the I2C protocol. The kit provides industrial-level input and output (I/O) capabilities, including eight channels of 24V I/O, four switchable 0–10V/4–20mA analog inputs and two analog outputs, isolated RS485 transceiver, and isolated power zones.