Experimenting with Industrial Automation

Project Phases	Dates
Application Period	14th November 2023
Application Deadline	22nd December 2023
Applicants Selected	5th January 2024
Extra Credit Blogs Due	12th March 2024
Final Summary Blog Due	14th March 2024
Winners Announced	March 2024
Prizes Shipped	March 2024

Get some hands-on experience with the components driving Industry 4.0, and you could win test equipment for your own personal bench!

Congratulations to our winners! Follow along with their projects by purchasing the kit and creating your own project.

Results for Winners

New Tools (and toys)

kmikemoo

Thank you element14 and rscasny ! These arrived earlier in the week but I held off opening them until Saturday - when I could enjoy the process a bit more. It was then that it hit me that I had at least one more task to complete... now I have to clean…
- 6 months ago
- Experimenting with Industrial Automation
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Overhead tank monitoring for smart home/industry : FINAL SUMMARY BLOG

embeddedguy

I would like to thank Element14 community and Schneider Electric for choosing me as official challenger for their Experimenting with Industrial Automation contest. For this design challenge, my project was to create a project for overhead tank liquid…
- 9 months ago
- Experimenting with Industrial Automation
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The Academic Approach: Summary

pandoramc

Table of Contents Input/Outputs Interfaces Software Application Conclusions Input/Outputs Although the M251 does not have Inputs/Outputs like other series of the PLCs, the device has expansion connectors to improve the capabilities…
- 8 months ago
- Experimenting with Industrial Automation
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Training Bay Ventilation Automation Final Blog

kmikemoo

Table of Contents Introduction Project Vision Project Components TM251MESE PLC HMIST6200 HMI ABLM1A24025 Power Supply 24VDC 2.5A ZBRN2 Harmony Hub (Wireless Serial Gateway) ZBRRH Wireless Receiver ZBRT2 Transmitter ZBRA2 External…
- 9 months ago
- Experimenting with Industrial Automation
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Forum - Thread List

Discussion

Exit Poll -- Did you increase your knowledge of Industrial Automation?

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Latest 6 months ago
by embeddedguy
Discussion

Winners announcements for the experimenting with Industrial automation

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Latest 8 months ago
by DAB
Discussion

Software Licensing

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Latest 9 months ago
by colporteur
Discussion

Timeline and Deadlines - Experimenting with Industrial Automation

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Latest 10 months ago
by embeddedguy
Discussion

Experimenting with Industrial Automation - Challengers Announced

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Latest 11 months ago
by meera_hussien

Blog - Post List

A Box Full of Industrial Automation - 4

kmikemoo

Training Bay Ventilation Automation I actually did the video for this unboxing a few weeks back but my concern for being able to complete the design challenge in time caused me to shift to the project more than the blogs. Sorry. The proje...
- 26 Feb 2024
Beginner Industrial Automation Path - 2

kmikemoo

Training Bay Ventilation Automation Updates of 03/02/2024 at end of blog. This blog will evolve over time as I discover and share how to work with the equipment provided for Experimenting with Industrial Automation. There is...
- 23 Feb 2024
Setting Up IO on M251 PLC Through ZBRN2 Harmony Hub - 3

kmikemoo

Training Bay Ventilation Automation This was my greatest challenge in the element14 Experimenting with Industrial Automation Design Challenge. There are plenty of videos that tell one how to pair the switch modules (ZBRT2 transmitter module) to...
- 23 Feb 2024
Overhead tank monitoring for smart home/industry : BLOG 1

embeddedguy

Table of Contents Overhead tank monitoring for smart home/industry Experimenting with industrial automation is challenge from element14 and schneider electric that challenges members of element14 community to create projects or experiment with tas...
- 22 Feb 2024
The Academic Approach: Harmony Hub Connection - 3

pandoramc

In order to extend the capabilities of the Schneider Electric industrial architecture I added the Harmony Hub to the project. The Harmony Hub, which is the ZBRN2 version, has a Serial connection using the RS485 standard, consequently, a ModBus ...
- 22 Feb 2024