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Recently, we’ve seen a steady increase in interest and purchases related to Comfile Studio. To better understand why, let’s first look at how PC-based HMI or UI software is typically developed today.Common Approaches to PC-Based HMI/UI DevelopmentThere are generally two ways to build PC-based HMI (Human Machine Interface) or UI applications.1) Build Everything from Scratch (Free, but Labor-Intensive)One option is to use Microsoft Visual Studio and write the entire application in C# f …

We are pleased to announce the next generation of our very popular Raspberry Pi Panel PCs: The ComfilePi CPi-S070WR.  It is built around the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4S and provides much needed relief for the shortage of Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3+ affecting the CPi-A/B panel PCs. The CPi-S070WR has feature parity with the CPi-A/B panel PCs, making it a new perfect drop-in replacement for the CPi-A/B070WR, but boasts a faster SoC (1.5GHz, the same silicon as the Compute Module …

We are pleased to announce the next generation of our very popular Raspberry Pi Panel PCs: The ComfilePi CPi-C070WR4C -- built around the latest Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4. It has many of the same features as the CPi-A/B series -- RS-232, RS-485, I2C, SPI, and other GPIO -- but with several improvements:  Going forward the Compute Module 4 is expected to have much better availability than that of the Compute Module 3 At least twice the memory of the CPi-A/B at 2GB, wi …

We are pleased to announce that our ComfilePi (Industrial Raspberry Pi Panel PC) products have been UL Listed for both the United States and Canada.  Models include the CPi-S070WR, CPi-S101WR, CPi-S070WRB, CPi-S150WR, CPi-S070WRB, and CPi-S102WR.   Our UL listed products can be searched for at UL's online database.  Our UL Certificate of Compliance, along with our other compliance certifications, can be found at our Compliance Certifications page. ComfilePi Pan …

NModbus is a free and open source implementation of the Modbus protocol for the .Net Framework and .Net Compact Framework. This blog post will describe how to get started using NModbus with the CUWIN.After downloading and extracting the NModbus binaries from the repository, there will be two folders inside the "bin" folder: "net" and "netcf". "net" is for the .Net Framework, and "netcf" is for the .Net Compact Framework. The CUWIN is a .Net Compact Framework device, so to use NModbus in a C …