I've got hold on an early version of the Beckhoff CX9240 PLC. This is a brand new, soon-to-be released PLC. What's so special about it is that it's Beckhoff's first PLC running Linux as operating system. If you aren't comfortable running Windows or Tc/BSD, this might be a great option for you. This means that it's possible to combine all the applications that you can run on Linux with the real-time execution of your TwinCAT 3 PLC executables. What's not to like about that?
I'll be doing some evaluation of it, and if all goes well, I might end up ordering a larger quantity of them for a big client project. I've had several potential client projects NOT choosing Beckhoff because they didn't have a controller running Linux. Might the CX9240 change this? I'll make sure to share as much as possible here on YouTube.
Jakob Sagatowski
I've got hold on an early version of the Beckhoff CX9240 PLC. This is a brand new, soon-to-be released PLC. What's so special about it is that it's Beckhoff's first PLC running Linux as operating system. If you aren't comfortable running Windows or Tc/BSD, this might be a great option for you. This means that it's possible to combine all the applications that you can run on Linux with the real-time execution of your TwinCAT 3 PLC executables. What's not to like about that?
I'll be doing some evaluation of it, and if all goes well, I might end up ordering a larger quantity of them for a big client project. I've had several potential client projects NOT choosing Beckhoff because they didn't have a controller running Linux. Might the CX9240 change this? I'll make sure to share as much as possible here on YouTube.
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