ProductivityOpen P1AM

Product Description

The ProductivityOpen P1AM is an automation platform compatible with Productivity 1000 Series I/O modules, P1AM Series shields, and Arduino MKR format shields.

• P1AM-100: The board uses the SAMD21G18 Microcontroller like the Arduino MKRZERO and other similar boards.
• P1AM-200: The board uses the SAMD51P20 Microcontroller like the Adafruit Grand Central and other similar boards.

Hardware - P1000 I/O Modules

Productivity Series modules offer several types of industrial grade I/O

• Analog and Temperature Inputs
• Analog Outputs
• Discrete Inputs
• Discrete Outputs and Relays
• Specialty Modules

Hardware - P1AM Shields

ProductivityOpen offers 3 types of industrial shields and a prototyping kit.

• P1AM-ETH
• P1AM-SERIAL
• P1AM-GPIO
• P1AM-PROTO

Base Controller

The P1AM Base Controller is the chip that directs communcations between the microcontroller and the P1000 Modules. A P1000 Series power supply or external 24V supply is required to power the Base Controller and modules.

The P1AM-100 communications with the SAMD21 are SPI based and use 5 total pins. Pins 8, 9 and 10 can be shared with other SPI devices. A3 and A4 must not be used on any shield if using the base controller functionality of the P1AM-100

The P1AM-200 Base Controller pins are all internal. No header pins are used for IO module communications.

In depth information on the P1AM family hardware can be found on the reference page here: ProductivityOpen Documentation

Hardware can be purchased on the Automation Direct Webstore

P1AM Library

Description

The P1AM Library provides a simple interface for controlling P1000 Modules.

P1.writeDiscrete(HIGH, 1, 2);  //Turn slot 1 channel 2 on

float temperature = P1.readTemperature(2, 3);  //Return temperature read from slot 2 channel 3

Installing the Library

Install the Arduino IDE version 2.0.0 or later. We recommend the current version on the Arduino website.

• Use Arduino's Library Manager to install the library. Tools > Manage Libraries
• Type P1AM into the search box and click the install button

Installing the Board

• Start the Arduino IDE and select File > Preferences
• Enter https://raw.githubusercontent.com/facts-engineering/facts-engineering.github.io/master/package_productivity-P1AM-boardmanagermodule_index.json into the Additional Board Manager URLs field. You can add multiple URLs, separating them with commas.
• Use Arduino's Boards Manager to install the board. Tools > Board > Boards Manager
• Type P1AM into the search box and click the install button

Getting Started

Documentation can be found on the ProductivityOpen Documentation. The website has information that includes the hardware documentation, library API, and code snippets.

The P1AM library also comes packed with examples that can be found in the Arduino IDE under File > Examples > P1AM.

Additional Resources

ProductivityBlocks Graphical Programming from Automation Direct

Automation Direct P1AM Customer Forum

Automation Direct Webstore

Arduino Getting Started

Arduino Forum

Arduino Support Discord