Monarco HAT
Industrial grade I/O board for the Single Board Computers
Create a PLC from your Single Board Computer, mount it on a DIN-rail and interface it with industrial sensors and devices directly. (I)IoT and Industry 4.0 ready, from prototyping to professional solutions.
Monitoring, archiving and control
The Monarco HAT is known to bring the best price to performance ratio in the following application areas:
- Data acquisition (DAQ), data logging
- Monitoring of machines and processes
- Collecting data from legacy PLCs
- (I)IoT gateway for legacy systems
- Communication gateway (Modbus RTU/TCP, OPC UA, MQTT, REST, SQL via ODBC etc.)
- Universal PLC for non-critical applications
The Monarco HAT has become an integral part of my toolbox for troubleshooting purposes in renewable energy and oil&gas automation. It gives me more freedom and possibilities than other way more expensive data loggers.
The product is well made and has been thought out well. The Monarco HAT is the best option to transform plain Raspberry Pi into a more industrial device.
I am using Raspberry Pi 3 with the Monarco HAT to control a ground source heat pump with buffer combo which generates heat and hot water for our house. The Monarco HAT turns Raspberry Pi into a stable and reliable platform to implement long running control operations.
OnTop Smart Manufacturing uses Monarco HAT (including Aluminium case for DIN-rail mounting) in plug-and-play IoT data loggers for its advanced and cost-effective Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES). See www.ontop.one for more information.
Monarco HAT in action
Analog and digital I/O, RS-485 and 1-Wire in compact enclosure
- Power supply: 10-30 VDC
- 4x digital input (24V tolerant)
- 4x digital output (open-collector)
- 2x analog input (0-10V, 0-20mA)
- 2x analog output (0-10V)
- 1x RS-485
- 1x 1-Wire bus
- 9 LED indicators
- Battery-backed internal clock (RTC chip)
- Hardware watchdog
- Metal enclosure for DIN-rail mounting
- High quality push-in terminals, detachable connector
Documentation:
Developing solutions with the Monarco HAT
It's the software which brings any hardware device to life. Use the Monarco HAT with the software platform of your choice.
Professional software
Our first choice for programming is REXYGEN, a family of software products for projects in automation, robotics, data acquisition, process control and feedback control in general.
REXYGEN offers a graphical development environment for programming the algorithms. You can use standard desktop or laptop PC. You create the algorithms from the so-called function blocks. The library includes countless items (timers, comparators, filters, PID controllers and many more).
Open source
- Open source library for the C language
- Open source library for Node.js
- Open source library for Node-RED
- Complete documentation of the interface so that anyone can develop libraries for additional frameworks and languages (Python, C#, etc.)
GitHub repository
3rd party integrations
Programming with REXYGEN
- Graphical programming without hand-coding
- Industry-proven function blocks to use and re-use
- User interface (HMI) for desktop, tablet and smartphone
- Easy integration into business IT infrastructure (ERP/MES)
- REST API for integration with virtually any system, framework or programming language
- Up to 2 ms sampling rate with standard Raspbian distribution
Explore the Getting started guide for using the Monarco HAT with REXYGEN.
Monarco HAT turns your Single Board Computer into a versatile controller or data logging device
Automation Kit with Single Board Computer and REXYGEN Profi M
- Monarco HAT with accessories
- Single Board Computer
- Preinstalled 16 GB micro SD/eMMC
- REXYGEN Professional
- Aluminium case for DIN-rail mounting
- Shipping worldwide
- In stock, shipping in 1-2 business days
419,- EUR
Automation Kit with Single Board Computer and
REXYGEN Plus L
- Monarco HAT with accessories
- Single Board Computer
- Preinstalled 16 GB micro SD/eMMC
- REXYGEN Plus
- Aluminium case for DIN-rail mounting
- Shipping worldwide
- In stock, shipping in 1-2 business days
339,- EUR
Plain Monarco HAT with optional housing
- Monarco HAT
- Detachable connector with push-in terminals
- Metal spacers and screws
- Optional: aluminium case for DIN rail mounting
- Optional: cable for powering the official 7" Raspberry Pi display
- Shipping worldwide
- In stock, shipping in 1-2 business days
149,- EUR
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Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
Additional information about the Monarco HAT
What Single Board Computers are supported?
Can I use multiple HATs with a one Single Board Computer?
When will I receive my Monarco HAT?
What does 'HAT' mean?
Is the MCU of the Monarco HAT meant for running my own algorithms?
How does the Monarco HAT communicate with the Single Board Computer?
Can I still use the GPIO pins of the Single Board Computer?
- Raspberry Pi is a trademark of the Raspberry Pi Foundation.
- 1-Wire is a trademark of Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.