Abstract:

The Open Source Applications for Industrial Automation (OpenIn) project is a three year duration Project funded by the European Union Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships Programme, started in October, 2016 and it involves 4 partners across Europe. The development of professional automated industrial systems nowadays is still a “proprietary technology” at high costs, which in a way impedes its development and makes its implementation complicated. This project aims at helping higher VET and HEIs institutions, Technical Universities as well as enterprises using automation systems (especially SMEs) to cut costs and embrace innovation by providing them with Training Courses for both students and teachers on free open source hardware and software for designing automated systems. The OpenIn course of students in Industrial Automation using Open Source Applications - it will be a Training course for EQF level 5+ students in the field of Industrial Automation and concerning the following topics: a) Industrial Sensors, b) Industrial Communication- will be described.

You can find more information and the materials will be downloaded for free from the project website: www.openinproject.eu

Keywords:

Arduino, automated industrial systems.