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> most companies that do $THING and use SBCs like the RPi are extremely talented at $THING, and not at embedded development.

Spot on. Rpi actually suck if you compare it to industrial automation PLCs eco-system, heck, even compared to other SBC like nvidia jetson.

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> Rpi actually suck if you compare it to industrial automation PLCs eco-system

Wait, what? PLC’s and Raspberry PI’s have nothing in common surely? PLC as in thousands of dollars, Ladder logic, built like a tank and about the same size? When has a PI ever been compared to a PLC?

There are a few products that take the RPI and turn it into a PLC. Here is an example of one [0].

0 - https://revolutionpi.com/

These PLC enclosures for PI look to cost as much or more than an actual PLC. Then you have a PI inside that is not designed to handle the vibration, temperature, etc, requirements of an industrial setting right? Why would anyone want this? It just looks expensive and unreliable.

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