🧱 The Suspiciously Fun PLC Series · Deep DiveThe hardware family:
The hardware family:
which box does what.
A TwinCAT system is built from a whole spectrum of boxes, from dumb I/O couplers to Panel PCs that are screen and controller in one. This module sorts them out: which ones have a CPU, couplers & terminals, the CX embedded PCs, IPCs & Panel PCs, the EtherCAT backbone, and how to size the right box for a job.
The boxes
🧠 brain or not? · 🔌 couplers & terminals · 🟦 the CX family · 🖥️ IPCs & Panel PCs.
Tying it together
🔗 EtherCAT, the backbone · 📐 sizing & choosing the right controller.
This expands the Hardware chapter from the Platform track into a full module.