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authorVishnu Easwaran E2020-05-14 22:19:56 +0530
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## Our story
-Few years ago we came across the need for a affordable and functional PLC for educational purposes. Every year, a large number of students in our colleges are undergoing training in PLCs without proper hands-on experience. The sky-high cost of the setup is a reason, also is the high maintenance because of being used by students. Vendor specific tools and work-flow, which are often complex, is another hindrance.
+Few years ago we came across the need for an affordable and functional PLC for educational purposes. Every year, a large number of students in our colleges are undergoing training in PLCs without proper hands-on experience. The sky-high cost of the setup is a reason, also is the high maintenance because of being used by students. Vendor specific tools and work-flow, which are often complex, is another hindrance.
## Our solutions
### Hardware
OpenPLC consists of **two** versions
-- OpenPLC Version 1 : Hardware based on AVR's [**ATmega16A**](https://www.microchip.com/wwwproducts/en/ATmega16) and programmed using **LD**
+- OpenPLC Version 1 : Hardware based on AVR's [**ATmega16A**](https://www.microchip.com/wwwproducts/en/ATmega16A) and programmed using **LD**
- OpenPLC Version 2 : Hardware based on [**Raspberry Pi**](https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-zero-w/) and programmed using **FBD**
As mentioned earlier, we are also providing a set of plug-and-play modules for practising a range of experiments. The current ones are
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*Note : Detailed documentation regarding each of the above are present in the respective directories.*
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# Community and contributing
OpenPLC is developed by [FOSSEE](https://fossee.in/) and by users like you. We welcome both pull requests and issues on GitHub. How to and guides pertaining to both *software* and *hardware* can be found in the respective directories.
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`git clone --recurse-submodules -j8 https://github.com/VishnuEaswaran/OpenPLC.git`
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# Directory Structure
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![OpenPLC Version 2](/Images/v2.jpg "OpenPLC Version 2")
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# Licence
OpenPLC is released under the MIT license. Some part of the software are released under other licences specified. \ No newline at end of file