Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The Pixsys TC620 is three devices in one, HMI panel, PLC runtime, and edge gateway and in this deep-dive I put all three to work on a real deployment. No fake SCADA screens, no inflated specs. Just real hardware running a real condition-monitoring pipeline from sensor to dashboard.
I take a Balluff SmartLight vibration sensor and build the full stack live: IO-Link into Modbus TCP, into a CODESYS 3.5 runtime on the TC620, out over OPC UA, through Node-RED, published to MQTT, and visualized in Grafana with Node-RED and Grafana running as rootless Podman containers on the device's Yocto Linux OS. This is edge AI inference on the floor, with no cloud round-trip.
⏱️ CHAPTERS
0:00: Intro: why this isn't just an HMI
1:10: Hardware tour: the TC620 three-in-one
2:37: Connectivity
3:20: Software DNA
4:20: The demo stack, end to end
6:18: HMI Server Walkthrough
8:14: CODESYS setup: Programming and Visualization
14:37: PODMAN Container Walkthrough with Node-RED and Grafana
25:47: Final thoughts & who this is for
🔧 THE STACK
Device: Pixsys TC620-A-P4-WT2
Sensor: Balluff SmartLight (IO-Link condition monitoring)
Control: CODESYS 3.5 runtime
Protocols: IO-Link, Modbus TCP, OPC UA, MQTT
Middleware: Node-RED
Visualization: Grafana
Runtime OS: Yocto Linux + rootless Podman
📁 RESOURCES
Full written walkthrough (Code and Compile Wiki): wiki.codeandcompile.com/product-reviews/smart-devices/pixsys-tc620-edge-hmi
CODESYS project + Node-RED flow export + Grafana dashboard JSON are available in the wiki.
#IIoT #IndustrialAutomation #CODESYS #EdgeComputing #Industry40 #PLC #NodeRED #Grafana #Pixsys #EdgeAI
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The Pixsys TC620 is three devices in one, HMI panel, PLC runtime, and edge gateway and in this deep-dive I put all three to work on a real deployment. No fake SCADA screens, no inflated specs. Just real hardware running a real condition-monitoring pipeline from sensor to dashboard.
I take a Balluff SmartLight vibration sensor and build the full stack live: IO-Link into Modbus TCP, into a CODESYS 3.5 runtime on the TC620, out over OPC UA, through Node-RED, published to MQTT, and visualized in Grafana with Node-RED and Grafana running as rootless Podman containers on the device's Yocto Linux OS. This is edge AI inference on the floor, with no cloud round-trip.
⏱️ CHAPTERS
0:00: Intro: why this isn't just an HMI
1:10: Hardware tour: the TC620 three-in-one
2:37: Connectivity
3:20: Software DNA
4:20: The demo stack, end to end
6:18: HMI Server Walkthrough
8:14: CODESYS setup: Programming and Visualization
14:37: PODMAN Container Walkthrough with Node-RED and Grafana
25:47: Final thoughts & who this is for
🔧 THE STACK
Device: Pixsys TC620-A-P4-WT2
Sensor: Balluff SmartLight (IO-Link condition monitoring)
Control: CODESYS 3.5 runtime
Protocols: IO-Link, Modbus TCP, OPC UA, MQTT
Middleware: Node-RED
Visualization: Grafana
Runtime OS: Yocto Linux + rootless Podman
📁 RESOURCES
Full written walkthrough (Code and Compile Wiki): wiki.codeandcompile.com/product-reviews/smart-devices/pixsys-tc620-edge-hmi
CODESYS project + Node-RED flow export + Grafana dashboard JSON are available in the wiki.
#IIoT #IndustrialAutomation #CODESYS #EdgeComputing #Industry40 #PLC #NodeRED #Grafana #Pixsys #EdgeAI
For daily/weekly updates, follow us:
🧑💻 E-learning platform: learn.codeandcompile.com
💻 Website: codeandcompile.com
📕 Wiki: wiki.codeandcompile.com
📸 Instagram: instagram.com/rajvir.codencompile
