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Managing the Mega 2560 peripherals by MODBUS protocol

Apr 27, 2014/ Comments 0 / in Learning, Mega 2560, MODBUS / by
Managing the Mega 2560 peripherals by MODBUS protocol

As shown in this article you can interact with the Mega 2560 CPU on your Cosino Mega 2560 board by using a control terminal with several text commands, however, as stated at the end of the article, this behaviour in quite inefficient so a better way must be used for production environment! A possible solution…

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The MODBUS utils

Mar 31, 2014/ Comments 0 / in Learning, Misc, MODBUS / by
The MODBUS utils

Modbus is a serial communications protocol originally published by Modicon (now Schneider Electric) in 1979 for use with its programmable logic controllers (PLCs). Simple and robust, it has since become a de facto standard communication protocol, and it is now a commonly available means of connecting industrial electronic devices. The main reasons for the use…

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modbusfs: the MODBUS filesystem

Mar 31, 2014/ Comments 0 / in Learning, Misc, MODBUS / by
modbusfs: the MODBUS filesystem

Modbusfs allow users to see all MODBUS clients connected with a MODBUS master as a filesystem tree, where directories are named as the client’s MODBUS address and files are the clients’ registers. With modbusfs users can use their preferred programming languages even if they do not have any dedicated MODBUS support! In fact users simply…

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