Blocaine

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Blocaine is a software platform dedicated to
industrial process automation.

Blocaine consists of:

A Block Editor, which allows creating programs by assembling functional blocks.
An Interpreter, which executes the programs created with the Block Editor, thus controlling industrial equipment via remote inputs/outputs.

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Features

" Hot Reload^* ": a new version of a program can be loaded without stopping the installation
Graphical programming in the form of chained functional blocks
Each variable natively has a validity bit
Blocaine being Python-based:

Functional blocks can be written in Python
Dynamic typing of variables

Debugging:

Real-time visualization of variables
All variables can be forced

The execution order of blocks is generated automatically
Layout is automatic
A web server displays the status of tasks currently running on the target PC
An OPC UA server provides an interface with a potential HMI/SCADA system
Blocaïne is multi-platform (Windows, Linux, macOS...)
Blocaïne is royalty-free and "Open source"

Advantages

Blocaine is a " KISS^* " software
Minimizes obsolescence thanks to perennial standards (PC, Ethernet, Python)
No license required

Project Status

Blocaine is at the "Functional Prototype" stage (Alpha version)
Blocaine is downloadable from github.com (see installation and evaluation procedure)

Evaluation

The Blocaïne evaluation is simplified since the dowloadable version is configurated so that the Bloc Editor and the Interpreter run on the same PC (no network configuration required)

contact: contact@blocaine.org

Documentation

general doc:

system blocks:

add addition
and logical AND
append add an element to end of list
cablin adds an element to a structure
cablout extracts an element from a structure
clock clock
comp comparison
const.pi pi constant
delay rising or falling edge delay
differential differential
div division
dt task cycle time
edge rising and/or falling edge detection
filter_FO first-order filter
geti returns element [n]
information returns variable info
input block input
input_output access output from another process
insert insert element into list
integrator time-based integrator
len returns number of elements
limit high and low limits
memory memory (RS flip-flop)
minmax minimum and maximum
modbus_conn ModBus/TCP connection
modbus_read ModBus/TCP input reading
modbus_write ModBus/TCP output assignment
mult multiplication
not logical NOT
or logical OR
output block output
pop removes element from list
previous stored variable
puti sets an element in a list
range loop iteration
select selection (if then else)
sub subtraction
time system clock reading
type type conversion
validRead validity bit reading
validWrite validity bit writing
GPIO_DI read GPIO digital input
GPIO_DO write GPIO digital output
GPIO_PWM write GPIO PWM output

"User" blocks:

loop incrementation