Precautions; Arduino Board; Intended Audience; General Precautions - Industrial Shields PLC Arduino ARDBOX User Manual

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Precautions

3.
Read this manual before attempting to use the ARDBOX 20 I/Os Relay HF GPRS and follow its
descriptions for reference during operation.
3.1

Arduino Board

The ARDBOX 20 I/Os Relay HF GPRS PLCs include Arduino Leonardo Board as controller.
3.2

Intended Audience

This manual is intended for technicians, which must have knowledge on electrical systems.
3.3

General Precautions

The user must operate Ardbox according to the performance specifications described in this
manual.
Before using ARDBOX 20 I/Os Relay HF GPRS under different conditions from what has been
specified in this manual or integrating ARDBOX 20 I/Os Relay HF GPRS to nuclear control
systems, railroad systems, aviation systems, vehicles, combustion systems, medical
equipment, amusement machines, safety equipment and other systems, machines, and
equipment that may have a serious influence on lives and property if used improperly, consult
your INDUSTRIAL SHIELDS representative. Ensure that the rating and performance
characteristics of Ardbox are sufficient for the systems, machines, and equipment, and be sure
to provide the systems, machines, and equipment double safety mechanisms. This manual
provides information for programming and operating the Ardbox.

Software interface

4.
Industrial Shields PLC are programmed using Arduino IDE, which is a software based on the C
language. They can also be programmed using directly C but it is much easier working with
Arduino IDE as it provides lots of libraries that helps in the programming.
Furthermore Industrial Shields provides boards for programming the PLCs much easier.
Basically it is no needed to define the pins and if that pins are inputs or outputs. Everything is
set up automatically if using the boards.
In order to install Industrial Shields boards, these are the steps that must be followed.
Requirements:
Arduino IDE 1.8.0 or above (better to have always the latest version).
Rev. 0: 30-08-2019