Case Study:

HMI Displays Panel PC Replacement

Industry

Industrial Automation, IoT

Technology

ModBus, Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi

Services Offered

Product Engineering, Software Development

Executive Summary

HMI Display is developed by GLIDE for licensing to customers for volume production. We have customised HMI Display to automate and control the system used in Plant Automation, Machine Control, Display for SCADA System. This device can be used in Industrial IoT and Automation systems.

The hardware architecture is based on low cost ARM Cortex-M4 controller with all standard I/O interfaces for very easy custom application development.

Business Need

Custom design the lower cost HMI Display which supports all the standard industrial protocols and interfaces

Glide Solution

Glide has designed the HMI Display for automating Industrial Processes. The solution architecture was developed on below specification:

  • ARM cortex-M4 with FreeRTOS
  • Modbus protocol
  • External peripherals:
    • 1x RS-232
    • 2x Isolated RS-485 (Full duplex)
    • 1x USB 2.0 host and 1x USB OTG
    • 1x 10/100 ethernet
  • RTC
  • Micro SD card mass storage up to 32 GB
  • Bluetooth 4.0 / Wi-Fi module (optional)
  • Analog I/P:
    • 6x PT100 RTD
    • 8x V/I input (0-5V/0-10V OR 0-20mA/4-20mA)
  • Isolated digital I/P:
    • 8x Selectable(NPN/PNP) digital input
    • 24x digital input (NPN)
  • Isolated digital O/P: 20x digital output

Features and Applications of Solution

  • Touch Screen LCD Interface
  • Scalable to support other industrial protocols
  • End Application – Plant Automation, Machine Control, Display for SCADA System

Benefits

  • Designed for large scale industrial automations
  • Efficient remote monitoring
  • Low cost compared to other HMI System

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