About openIndu
An open smart manufacturing ecosystem connecting vision, control, data, and field experience
The Problem
Industrial automation today is fragmented. Engineers work in silos across three domains:
- Industrial control: Fighting multi-brand PLC compatibility
- Automation: Recoding for every platform, with no cross-brand generation
- Craftsmanship: No data-driven insight into how a process actually performs
Our Solution
openIndu develops independently verifiable tools and shares the engineering process:
- Field context → intermediate assets → target-platform validation
- Traceable evidence from design assumptions to test results
- Public repositories with licenses and maturity stated per project
Three Domains, Three Products
How openIndu addresses each area of industrial automation
Industrial Control (PLC hardware & software)
PLC hardware, software, EtherCAT fieldbus, communication protocols
Product
Infrastructure
Automation (automation programming)
PLC programming, HMI development, machine vision, motion control
Product
openIndu-studio + openIndu-station
Craftsmanship (process optimisation)
Process-flow optimisation, parameter tuning, yield analysis, knowledge base
Product
openIndu-platform (IIoT)
Our Principles
Open Source
Public code, documentation, licenses, and known limits are stated per repository.
Evidence First
Claims should be backed by reproducible environments, test methods, and results.
Community-Driven
Contributions don't require code. Data, insights and ideas all count.