Category: Beckhoff Twincat

June 26, 2024 • 2 mins read

Beckhoff on my mind - Part 2 - Writing back to TwinCAT PLCs

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Welcome to the second part of our Beckhoff TwinCAT series. In Part 1 - Connecting TwinCAT PLCs, we discussed the basics of connecting TwinCAT and Peakboard. In today’s article, we will talk about writing back to TwinCAT. Compared to the relatively tricky router / connection task from the first part,...

June 03, 2024 • 6 mins read

Beckhoff on my mind - Part 1 - Connecting TwinCAT PLCs

#hardware #twincat

TwinCAT is one of the world’s most popular PLCs, made by the German company Beckhoff. This article serves as a basic introduction for connecting Beckhoff TwinCAT 3 to Peakboard applications. We will also cover some basic knowledge about how TwinCAT works in the backend. Installation and first steps In this...