There is actually a PLC from Arduino, and if you want to dip your toes into the PLC world then take a look at this drum kit based on the Arduino Opta. With the PLC at the core of the build ...

and packaged it in a form factor compatible with its line of PLC I/O, communication, and other modules (figure 1). Open-source Arduino Software makes it easy to write code and upload it to a ...

Thus [Galopago]’s work with an inexpensive Chinese PLC clone is especially interesting, providing a route forward to using it within the Arduino IDE ecosystem. Opening it up, the processor is ...