Why Arduino is not used in industry?

PLCs are different from other computing devices as they are intended for severe conditions found in manufacturing plants. This means they can handle dust, higher and lower temperature, and moisture—environmental conditions the Arduino isn’t built to handle.

Can Arduino be used for commercial products?

Yes, with the following conditions: Physically embedding an Arduino board inside a commercial product does not require you to disclose or open-source any information about its design.

Why was Arduino Due discontinued?

It’s a quite expensive and clumsy board. It also runs on 3.3V. It’s also not based on the ATMega328(P) and may thus be incompatible with some libraries (that rely on low-level hardware).

What is the difference between PLC and Arduino?

PLC is a chip which is developed by few industries such as Seimens, Fuzi etc) and Arduino is a open source platform. PLCs are already designed to deal with the Industrial Application Communication Protocols(PPI, MPI, Profibus, Profinet etc.) whereas Arduino is designed to deal with SPI, I2C , USART etc.

Is Arduino embedded?

And an Arduino is one of those Embedded System Devices (called as an Embedded Development Board), which got very famous in the maker’s community due to its free and open source nature. An Arduino can be used for making any kind of simple automated electronic projects.

Is Arduino any good?

Arduino has a loyal and passionate following, stemming from it’s embrace of a simplified programming environment, it’s embrace of an Open Hardware and Open Software ecosystem, and it’s a great place to start if you’re interested in how electronics work.

Why is Arduino not used for real products?

Here are some of the main reasons why Arduino is not used for real products: A company that sells a product wants to make money (no surprise here). And to make more money on a product, obviously you need to reduce the cost of production. You can also increase the product price, but hey, the competition might take advantage of that.

Is it legal to embed an Arduino in a commercial product?

Since legal questions sometimes need really specific answers, I found Arduino’s exact position on this: Physically embedding an Arduino board inside a commercial product does not require you to disclose or open-source any information about its design.

Why is Arduino so popular in volume production?

The simple reason is that volume production can afford a custom design, which exactly matches the specifications of the product. The chance that any existing board (including Arduino) exactly matches such specifications is very small.

Is Arduino a waste of space?

For what it can do, the Arduino is a large board and is a waste of space in a ‘product’. Again , ease of use dictated the size and shape of the board. Powering an arduino through a barrel jack or a USB port is inefficient and unreliable in a commercial product.