How suitable are (normal) Arduino boards for handling industrial application (IIOT use) ?
Has anyone tried Arduino based industrial shields for critical IIOT applications ?
Reviews would be much appreciated.
Thanks
An hint prior selecting an Arduino industrial shields distributor: Ask arduino based industrial shields manufacturers to send you a list of their (satisfied) customers you can interview for real life applications in manufacturing plants.
If ANY system failure can shut down a process that costs (looses) $10,000 an hour, then you pay the high price for parts that have expensive parts.
the light switch in my grandfathers house uses the same technolgy as the light switch that NASA uses to launch rockets into space.
A 39 cent voltage regulator can give you the exact same voltage as a $140 power supply.
but, open that power supply and look at all the extra circuitry.
'industrial' is a way of saying that the cost of a failure is very expensive and the high cost to prevent a failure is acceptable.
I do not believe that the hobby electronics are hardened from EMF or high voltages. I had a PC whose case was copper lined with a Faraday cage. things you might see on a manufacturing floor. the new lead-free solders are effected by humidity , google 'tin whiskers' one would want to encapsulate the assembled board.....
at the heart of the 'industrial PLC' might be the exact same type of arduino, but the chip might be designed for a wider temperature range......
bottom line is that you have to select what your needs are and purchase accordingly.