This is a collection of various Open Source projects, such as a Step 7 compatible AWL/STL Soft-PLC, a CNC remote control, a Razer device configurator for Linux, a soldering station firmware and many other exciting projects.

Your contributions are welcome due to the Open Source nature of all these projects. Feel free to contact me with questions, suggestions and regarding code improvements. Your feedback is welcome.

• [2018-09-16] awlsim 0.67.1, S7 compatible Soft-PLC
  
  • A crash in the GUI has been fixed.
• [2018-09-09] awlsim 0.67.0, S7 compatible Soft-PLC
  
  • The speed of the AWL interpreter has been improved.
• [2018-08-11] awlsim 0.66.1, S7 compatible Soft-PLC
  
  • A major bug in the GUI library dialog has been fixed.
• [2018-08-05] pilc 20180805, The Raspberry Pi based S7 compatible PLC
  
• [2018-08-05] awlsim 0.66.0, S7 compatible Soft-PLC
  
  • Bugs have been fixed.
  • Minor features have been added.
• [2018-06-25] awlsim 0.65.0, S7 compatible Soft-PLC
  
  • Bugs have been fixed.
• [2018-06-09] awlsim 0.64.0, S7 compatible Soft-PLC
  
  • Bugs have been fixed.
  • The FUP editor and compiler have been improved.
• [2018-05-12] awlsim 0.63, S7 compatible Soft-PLC
  
  • The graphical user interface has partially been rewritten.
• [2018-03-29] awlsim 0.62, S7 compatible Soft-PLC
  
  • Support for PiXtend 2.x hardware has been added.
• [2018-02-18] awlsim 0.61, S7 compatible Soft-PLC
  
  • Support for PiXtend 1.3 hardware has been improved.
• [2018-02-01] awlsim 0.60, S7 compatible Soft-PLC
  
  • Support for PiXtend 1.3 hardware has been added.
• [2018-01-12] awlsim 0.59, S7 compatible Soft-PLC
  
• [2017-11-11] awlsim 0.58, S7 compatible Soft-PLC
  
  • The FUP/FBD compiler and GUI were improved.
• [2017-09-19] xytronic-lf 1.5, Xytronic LF-1600 soldering station firmware
  
  • The number of presets was increased to 6.
• [2017-09-14] xytronic-lf 1.4, Xytronic LF-1600 soldering station firmware
  
  • Support for LF-1600 with SMD board was added.
  • Support for iron tip temperature adjustment was added.
• [2017-08-30] awlsim 0.57, S7 compatible Soft-PLC
  
  • The FUP/FBD compiler and GUI were improved.
  • Some bugs were fixed.
• [2017-03-28] razercfg 0.39, Razer device configuration tool
  
  • Support for Razer Diamondback Chroma was added.

• Q: Are you from Switzerland?
  A: No, I'm German and I live in Germany.
• Q: Uhm, and why a .ch domain then?
  A: Because it's my name.

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