Overview
Do you want to install your Arduino UNO project into a control cabinet? Look no further!
The ArduiBox Open DIY kits house an Arduino board and mount it to a DIN rail.
The kit comes with a prototyping board and a 5V voltage regulator (soldering required).
Along the edges of the prototyping board, all the IO and power pins are connected and marked.
Furthermore you can add an Arduino shield to the mainboard.
You can connect your work via terminals with the world outside the enclosure.
Please Note: This is the newer V2 version of the ArduiBox. Assembly (including solder) required. Arduino board not included.
Included in the kit:
- ArduiBox Enclosure Prototyping PCB Voltage regulator kit
- Reset switch
- Pin headers and terminal blocks Screws
Features:
- Milled cab rail enclosure
- Transparent top shell compatible with EN50022 DIN rails
- Prototyping plate - fits perfectly in the enclosure
- All Arduino pins are connected to marked pins beside the breadboard
- 4x 3-pin terminal blocks 1x 2-pin terminal block
- Sockets for popular Arduino boards in UNO or NANO shape
- Sockets for an optional shield (directly connected to the Arduino) contains parts for a 5V/1.5A voltage regulator (Vin 9...35V DC)
- Reset button (reachable via openings in the enclosure)
*The boards and shields in the pictures are not included.
Get Inspired
Makers have long asked the question “why bother with an expensive PLC when I can just use an Arduino?” The answer comes down to the priorities and needs of industrial clients. In a factory automation setting, the client will prioritize durability, reliability, and serviceability over the one-time purchase price of the device itself. But to prove that Arduino’s professional turnkey solutions are just as easy to use as their developer-focused educational counterparts, Jeremy Cook leveraged an Arduino Opta micro PLC to build a drum machine. This isn’t any old drum machine that plays sound samples or synthesized notes, but rather a robotic drum machine that makes noise by banging on stuff like a true percussion instrument. Cook could have built this with any Arduino board and a few relays, but instead chose to implement the Opta and new Opta Digital Expansion. That is robust enough for serious commercial and industrial applications, but is still simple to program with the familiar Arduino IDE. Programmers can also use conventional PLC languages if they prefer. In this case, Cook made noise with relays and solenoids. The Opta has four built-in relays and Cook’s sketch flips one of them to make a sound analogous to a hi-hat. Cook added an Arduino Pro Opta Ext D1608S module with its solid-state relays for the other two “drums.” One of those fires a solenoid that taps a small hand drum (the kick drum sound), while the other controls a solenoid that hits a power supply enclosure (the snare sound). Together, those three sounds can cover the basics of a drum track. Cook’s sketch is a drum sequencer program that stores each sound sequence as array, looping through them until turned off. An Opta may be overkill for a project like this one, but this does a great job of demonstrating the ease at which an Arduino user can transition to professional PLC work.