Delphi and C++Builder are popular choices in Industrial Automation scenarios, and with all the connectivity and platform features it is no surprise.

1. RAD Industrial
Automation, Labs,
& Instrumentation
JIM MCKEETH – DEVELOPER ADVOCATE, EMBARCADERO TECHNOLOGIES
JIM.MCKEETH@EMBARCADERO.COM - @JIMMCKEETH

2. Presenters
Boian Mitov
President, Mitov Software
Embarcadero Tech Partner
mitov@mitov.com
@bmitov
mitov.com
Jim McKeeth
Developer Advocate
Embarcadero Technologies
jim.mckeeth@embarcadero.com
@jimmckeeth
delphi.org

3. Overview
INDUSTRIAL
AUTOMATION
LAB
MONITORING
INSTRUMENTATION

4. Industrial Automation
 Automation is the technology by which a
process or procedure is performed with
minimal human assistance
 e.g. machinery, processes in factories, boilers
and heat-treating ovens, switching on
telephone networks, steering and stabilization
of ships, aircraft and other applications and
vehicles with minimal or reduced human
intervention
 Common control types
 On/Off (discrete)
 PID (proportional–integral–derivative)
 Logical sequence or state system control
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automation

5. Lab Monitoring &
Instrumentation
 Pressure
 Flow
 Temperature
 Liquids levels
 Density
 Viscosity
 Ionizing radiation
 Frequency
 Current
 Voltage
 Inductance
 Capacitance
 Resistivity
 Chemical
composition &
properties
 Position
 Vibration
 Weight
 Distance
 Angle
 Velocity
 Time
Collecting information, reading sensors, and
measuring instruments that indicate physical qualities
Useful in laboratory and industrial settings
A local instrumentation panel on a steam turbine CC BY-SA 3.0,
commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=347669

6. Minimum human intervention by Achim Hering, Public Domain,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2167047
Minimum Human
Intervention

7. Industrial Robots KUKA industrial robots being used at a bakery for food production by KUKA Roboter GmbH, Bachmann - KUKA
Roboter GmbH, Zugspitzstraße 140, D-86165 Augsburg, Germany, Dep. Marketing, Mr. Andreas Bauer,
http://www.kuka-robotics.com, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3345405

8. Automated milling machines by Renevanderpeet at Dutch Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3226403
Automated Milling
Machines

9. Useful SBC Devices
 UDOO x86 II - Intel Celeron N3160 2.24 Ghz
 4 GB RAM / 32 GB eMMC
 $174.00 on udoo.org
 UP Board – Intel Atom x5-Z8350
 1 GB RAM / 16 GB eMMC
 $99 up-shop.org or up-board.org
 LattePanda Delta 432 - Intel 8th Gen Celeron N4100
 4 GM RAM / 32 GB eMMC
 $188.00 dfrobot.com
 Atomic Pi - Intel Atom x5-Z8350 quad core with 2M Cache
 2GB RAM / 16GB eMMC
 $35.88 Amazon or dlidirect.com
Small, low price, x86 computers, with GPIO pins

10. Atomic Pi
 Genuine Intel Atom x5-Z8350 quad core
with 2M Cache. Runs up to 1.92GHz with
a 480MHz GPU
 2GB DDR3L-1600, 16GB eMMC, SD slot
for adding more - up to 256GB
 Full HDMI port with Intel HD Graphics &
primary audio out
 USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 ports
 Fast dual band WiFI b/g/n/ac 2.4 &
5GHz WiFi RT5572 IPX connectors on
board
 Bluetooth 4.0 CR8510
 Gigabit hardwired RJ45 Ethernet
RTL8111G
 Peripheral 9-axis inertial navigation
sensor with compass BNO055
 Runs Linux and Windows 10
 $35.88 on Amazon or dlidirect.com

11. Proportional–Integral–Derivative Controller
(PID) controller
 AKA “Three-term controller”
 A control loop mechanism employing
feedback for continuous correction
 Continuously calculates an error value
e(t) as the difference between a
desired setpoint (SP) and a measured
process variable (PV)
 Applies a correction based on
Proportional, Integral, and Derivative
terms
 e.g. cruse control on a car
PID controller feedback loop block diagram by Arturo Urquizo - CC BY-SA 3.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17633925

12. Programmable Logic
Controllers (PLC)
 Ruggedized industrial digital computer
 Replaces hardwired relays
 Makes use of multiple digital and analog I/O
 Function as a real-time system collecting information
and constantly correcting operations
 Similar to Remote Terminal Units (RTU) except RTUs
don’t have control loops or algorithms
 Often networked together with other PLC and
SCADA systems
 One of three common Industrial Control Systems
with SCADA and Distributed Control System (DCS)
Siemens Simatic S7-400 system by Mixabest - Own work, Public Domain,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10696883

13. Supervisory Control and Data
Acquisition (SCADA)
 A control system architecture that uses computers, networked data
communications and graphical user interfaces for high-level process
supervisory management
 Provides a universal means of remote access to a variety of local control
modules that may be in difference physical locations, with different
protocols
 In practice it is like a Distributed Control System (DCS) which increases
reliability due to distribution of control process
 Uses other peripheral devices such as programmable logic controller (PLC)
and discrete PID controllers to interface with the process plant or machinery
 The key attribute of a SCADA system is its ability to perform a supervisory
operation over a variety of other proprietary devices.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCADA

14. Concepts in Control Operations
 Level 4 is production scheduling
 Level 3 is production control. It does not directly
control the process but is concerned with monitoring
production and targets.
 Level 2 contains supervisory computers, which collate
information from processor nodes on the system, and
provide the operator control screens (SCADA
Software)
 Level 1 contains the industrialized input/output (I/O)
modules, PLUs, RTUs, and their associated distributed
electronic processors
 Level 0 contains the field devices such as flow and
temperature sensors, and final control elements, such
as control valves.
Functional levels of a manufacturing control operation by Daniele Pugliesi - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31527335

15. SCADA
Example
SCADA GRAPHICAL USER
INTERFACE USED IN OFFICE
ENVIRONMENT TO REMOTELY
MONITOR A PROCESS
By U.S. Department of Agriculture - Flickr: 20130618-RD-LSC-0278, Public Domain,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34184035

16. A DCS control room where plant information and controls are displayed
Control room of a moving grate incinerator for municipal solid waste in Germany. The screen shows two oven lines, of which
the upper ("Linie 1") is not in operation.
VGB Power Tech GmbH Germany, Steag, Germany, CC BY-SA 3.0,
http://www.vgb.org/, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=398312

17. SCADA Communication Protocols
 SCADA protocols are designed to be very compact and
many only send information when the master station polls
the RTU
 Common protocols: Modbus RTU, RP-570, Profibus, Conitel,
IEC 60870-5-101 or 104, IEC 61850, and DNP3
 Modbus, RP-570, Profibus, and Conitel are SCADA vendor
specific
 Modbus was made an open standard by Schneider
Electric
 IEC 60870-5-101 or 104, IEC 61850, and DNP3 are open
standards
 Many of contain extensions to operate over TCP/IP

18. Modbus
Protocols
 Serial Protocol originally developed by Modicon (now
Schneider Electric) in 1979
 Widely used in the automation industry to communicate
with PLC controllers
 In 2004 Schneider Electric transferred management to
the Modbus Organization making it an open standard
 It is a de facto standard communication protocol and is
now commonly available means of connecting
industrial electronic devices
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modbus - http://www.modbus.org/
 Serial
 RTU
 Ascii
 TCP/IP

19. Modbus Connection Types
 Modbus master devices
 Control application
 Typically have user interface
 Modbus slave devices
 PLC, RTU, etc.
 Accessed by unique ID
 Contains tables
 Digital Inputs
 Coils (read/write)
 Input Registers (16-bit read-only)
 Holding Registers (16-bit read/write)
 (Multiple registers can be combined into larger
logical registers)
Master
(Client)
Slave 1
(Server)
Slave n
(Server)
Modbus
Read/write
request
Response
Table
Registers,
Coils, etc.
1 bit (off/on)

20. Modbus Operation Functions
Function type Function name
Data Access
1-bit access
Physical Discrete/Digital
Inputs
Read Discrete Inputs
Internal Bits or Physical
Coils
Read Coils
Write Single Coil
Write Multiple Coils
16-bit access
Physical Input Registers Read Input Registers
Internal Registers or
Physical Output Registers
Read Multiple Holding Registers
Write Single Holding Register
Write Multiple Holding Registers
Read/Write Multiple Registers
Mask Write Register
Read FIFO Queue
File Record Access
Read File Record
Write File Record
Diagnostics
Read Exception Status
Diagnostic
Get Com Event Counter
Get Com Event Log
Report Slave ID
Read Device Identification
Other
Encapsulated Interface
Transport
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modbus
ReadandWrite
Primitives
 Read single or Read Multiple
 Coil
 Digital Input
 Holding Register
 Input Register
 Write Single or Write Multiple
 Coil
 Holding Register
(Digital Inputs & Input Registers are Read-Only)

21. Modbus Libraries for
Delphi & C++Builder
 FieldTalk ModbusDriver modbusdriver.com
 $298 for Windows 32 & 64 (uses external libmbusmaster.dll)
 COAS Software Systems coas.com & GitHub
 SuperCom MODBUS Protocol Library adontec.com
 $699 per platform (Win32, Win64, Linux64)
 ModLink VCL ozm.cz/ivobauer/modlink/
 110 Eur
 ControlLab mitov.com/products/controllab
 $299 for Win32, Win64, & Android – Pure Pascal implementation

22. Communication Libraries for
Delphi & C++Builder
 AyncPro – part of TurboPack - github.com/TurboPack/AsyncPro
 ComPort Library - sourceforge.net/projects/comport/
 WinSoft ComPort - winsoft.sk/comport.htm
 TciaComPort - mestdagh.biz/
 ZylSerialPort - zylsoft.com/serialport.htm
 Installed with Delphi and C++Builder
 Indy Components
 THttpClient
 TBluetoothDevice
 TBluetoothLEDevice

23. Mitov Software - mitov.com
 Visuino & Visuino Pro – Visual programming for Arduino and PLC
 ControlLab - Industrial Automation components
 SignalLab - Very fast digital signal processing (DSP)
 LogicLab – Perform logic operations based on events
 PlotLab - Very fast data plotting / charting / graphing components
 InstrumentLab – Data visualization, instrumentation, etc. controls
 CommunicationLab – Communication components (Serial, Socket, etc.)
 And more for Video, Audio, Vision, Artificial Intelligence, etc.

24. Visuino Pro
by Mitov
Software
(Fully functioning beta)
 Graphical development environment for
Arduino
 Automatically generates Arduino code, and
programs the boards
 Built in data visualization
 Direct mapping of software and hardware
components
 Provides uniform communication over serial, or
socket-based channels
 Includes serial port, socket communication, and
MQTT components compatible with
CommunicationLab for Delphi and C++ Builder
 Includes Modbus components

25. How Visuino Pro Works

26. Mitov Software’s ControlLab
Delphi and C++ Builder component library
Contains Serial and Socket communication components
Includes Modbus components
Includes OPC components
Includes PID and Relay controller components
Win32, Win64, & Android

27. Controllino
 Arduino based Industrial
Control PLC
 Include RTC, RS485, TTL Serial,
Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI),
I²C (Inter-Integrated Circuit),
and Ethernet capabilities
 Fully supported by Visuino and
Visuino Pro
 https://controllino.biz

28. Common Arduino Protocols
 RS-485 – Serial protocol using single twisted pair of wires. Speeds up
to10 Mbit/s or distances up to 4000 ft (1200 m).
 I²C (Inter-Integrated Circuit) a synchronous, multi-master, multi-slave,
packet switched, single-ended, serial computer bus. Used to
connect lower speed peripheral ICs to microcontrollers.
 Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) a synchronous serial communication
interface specification used for short-distance communication,
primarily in embedded systems. Communicate in full duplex mode
using a master-slave architecture.
 TTL Serial (transistor-transistor logic serial) provides short distance
communication at data rates (i.e. 9600bps, 115200bps, etc.) based
on the UARTs (universally asynchronous receiver/transmitter)

29. Demonstration
Delphi => Modbus => Controllino PLC
Using Visuino Pro & ControlLab
Boian Mitov of Mitov Software

30. Related Videos by Boian Mitov
 Intro to Visuino Pro - RTU, Ascii and TCP/IP
 Modbus Server(Slave)
 https://embt.co/IntroVisuinoProModbusServer
 Modbus Client(Master)
 https://embt.co/IntroVisuinoProModbusClient
 Create SCADA Modbus Industrial Control Applications
 https://embt.co/SCADAModbus
 Create IoT solutions with Delphi and Arduino
 https://embt.co/IoTArduinoDelphi
 Create IoT solutions with RAD Studio and Arduino
 https://embt.co/IoTwithRADStudioArduino

31. Other Related Links
 Victory Fernandes showing off Modbus Delphi Supervisor (2 min)
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T-qKtq1xIk (English)
 Delphi Modbus presentation (42 min)
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPY5AeKWhco (Portuguese)
 Delphi Modbus & SCADA with Source (Russian)
 https://kandiral.ru/delphi/primer_peredachi_dannyx_po_protokolu_mod
bus_na_delphi.html
 https://kandiral.ru/delphi/mini_scada_sistema_na_delphi.html
 https://kandiral.ru/downloads/ (Source Download)
 Pascal SCADA Library
 https://sourceforge.net/projects/pascalscada/

32. Mitov Software - mitov.com
 Visuino & Visuino Pro – Visual programming for Arduino and PLC
 ControlLab - Industrial Automation components
 SignalLab - Very fast digital signal processing (DSP)
 LogicLab – Perform logic operations based on events
 PlotLab - Very fast data plotting / charting / graphing components
 InstrumentLab – Data visualization, instrumentation, etc. controls
 CommunicationLab – Communication components (Serial, Socket, etc.)
 And more for Video, Audio, Vision, Artificial Intelligence, etc.
 Latest updates from Mitov Software labpacks.blogspot.com