Independent automation engineers — not a hardware reseller.
We build smart control on industrial Raspberry Pi and microcontrollers, and we'll tell you honestly where a PLC still wins. No vendor spin in either direction.
The most useful answer in automation is usually “it depends” — and then a clear reason why.
Most advice is sold by whoever profits from the answer. We'd rather earn trust by being right than by being loud — which means recommending a PLC when that's the honest call.
Experience you can check, not claims
The moat in this niche isn't opinion — it's first-hand experience with the real failure modes.
We wire it ourselves
Every recommendation comes from real builds on real I/O — not a spec sheet or a vendor demo.
We document the failures
SD-card wear, EMC susceptibility, the lack of hard real-time — we write down where the Pi bites, so you don't get bitten.
We publish the numbers
Scan times, temperature ranges, MTBF, cost deltas — cited and verifiable, not marketing rounding.
Named expertise behind every guide
12+ yrs SCADA & PLC integration · IEC 61131-3
On-device vision and predictive-maintenance models
Industrial Pi/MCU board design · EN 61131-2
Every guide on this site is reviewed by a named controls engineer with field experience on the systems it covers.