Hello,
I am a tech student as well as an associate controls engineer for a manufacturing company mainly dealing with automotive switches. We mainly only use Beckhoff PLCs and I am looking for a cheaper alternative for our more simple applications. Right now I need something that will count parts going down a chute and alert the operator every 50 parts. It needs to have a visible counter with a button to reset it. I thought this would be the perfect little project to look into a cheap and simple plc or plc alternative and I am looking for suggestions.
Thanks for any input
I am a tech student as well as an associate controls engineer for a manufacturing company mainly dealing with automotive switches. We mainly only use Beckhoff PLCs and I am looking for a cheaper alternative for our more simple applications. Right now I need something that will count parts going down a chute and alert the operator every 50 parts. It needs to have a visible counter with a button to reset it. I thought this would be the perfect little project to look into a cheap and simple plc or plc alternative and I am looking for suggestions.
Thanks for any input