Logging Mitsubishi PLC Data in Real Time on a Raspberry Pi
How I bridge a Mitsubishi PLC to a Raspberry Pi for continuous, reconnect-safe register polling — and why the edge is the right place to do it.
What am I thinking? Blog — industrial IoT, edge computing & AI
Field notes by Bibin V R on Industrial IoT, edge computing, and AI — alongside the open-source work behind them.
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- From PLC to PDF: Automating Batch Reports at the Edge — Quality teams don't want raw register dumps — they want a clean PDF per batch. Here's the pipeline that gets them there automatically. Edge Computing · Mar 2024 · 6 min read
- Pushing Files Over SMB from a Headless Raspberry Pi — A small but load-bearing detail of factory IoT: getting generated files onto the network share reliably, from a device with no screen. Edge Computing · Feb 2024 · 5 min read
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Yes — these repositories are the systems and experiments behind the writing. The code is the evidence.
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- tovex-cli-showcase — tovex-cli: command-line control of Siemens TIA Portal and live S7 PLCs, built for AI agents. Public overview; source is private. Code
- velvet-overview — velvet: local, private decision-making plugins for Claude Code (overview) Code
- GXBridge-MCP — Control Mitsubishi GX Works3 and your PLC with AI — an MCP server for any agent Code
- wine-harness — A harness skill that splits a task in two: one model plans it, another builds it. Code
- picw-overview — Replacing a Mitsubishi PLC with a Raspberry Pi 4B as master of a dynamic checkweigher (Thames Side T16 / XT1-SO) Code
- mindquest-showcase — MindQuest — an educational adventure game where maths, general knowledge, flags and chess drive three story arcs. Public overview; source is private. Code
- kflexitrack — KFlexiTrack — conveyor systems & special-purpose machines. Ponda, Goa. Code
- Tovex-ARM — Industrial data-logger platform for Mitsubishi PLC lines — real-time collection, batch PDF reporting, live shop-floor kiosk. Operations, engineered. Code
