Guides — the honest engineer's reference for Pi-based automation
Neutral, experience-backed guides on when a Raspberry Pi should and should not replace a PLC, DCS, PAC or RTU — with decision frameworks, comparison tables, and cited data.
Pi vs PLC
The honest, engineer's answer — with a decision framework, a side-by-side comparison, and the cases where we'd still hand you a PLC.
Industrial Pi hardware
A neutral buyer's-guide layer over RevPi, Seeed, Sfera Labs, OnLogic and our own boards — ruggedization, DIN-rail, 24 V I/O, lifecycle.
Pi PLC programming
Soft-PLC stacks and how-tos: OpenPLC, CODESYS, Node-RED, ladder logic, and the industrial protocols that tie them together.
IIoT & retrofit
Brownfield Industry 4.0: bridge legacy PLCs to the cloud, add predictive maintenance and OEE, and retrofit without a rip-and-replace.
AI in automation
Edge AI, TinyML, vision QA and anomaly detection on the factory floor — where machine learning earns its place in control.
Cost & ROI
Total cost of ownership, the cheapest PLC alternative, and how a small manufacturer budgets automation that pays back.