PLC and control logic
Structured sequence logic, states, transitions, alarms, troubleshooting, and readable program organization.
- State machines and step sequences
- Logic review and cleanup
- Process regulation context
Industrial automation
Automation support for machines, operators, data, and control logic.
This is the physical automation side of DeskDude. I help with PLC logic, HMI/operator flow, system design, integration support, robotics context, and the handoff between production equipment and software.
Physical systems
Service stack
HMI and operator workflow
Interfaces that make the current state, next action, fault condition, and manual intervention easier to understand.
- Screen structure and labels
- Operator states and messages
- Alarm and recovery flow
System design and integration
Turning process requirements into signals, sensors, machine states, operator actions, and handoff points.
- Integrator support
- Robot cell and production flow context
- Buffer, sorting, and sequence planning
Production data and software handoff
Practical data points between the machine layer and dashboards, databases, reporting, or internal tools.
- Sensor values and status data
- SQL/database handoff
- OPC UA and integration context
Differentiator
Most automation problems are not only PLC problems.
A lot of value sits between the control cabinet, the operator screen, the database, the spreadsheet, and the person who needs to understand what happened. That is where my software and automation background overlaps well.
- machine stateoperator clarity
- sensor valuesdatabase / report
- production eventworkflow trigger
- fault patternbetter diagnosis
Send rough context
How a job starts
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Process sketch
The physical flow, states, manual actions, and where the system gets stuck.
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Signal list
Sensors, actuators, IO, alarms, recipes, counters, and important machine states.
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PLC/HMI context
Screenshots, existing logic, labels, faults, or the part that is hard to reason about.
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Current bottleneck
What costs time, creates errors, blocks operators, or makes the system fragile.
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Responsibility line
Who owns approval, site changes, safety review, commissioning, and final sign-off.
Practical first
Fit and boundaries
Defined technical problems
PLC changes, workflow mapping, logic review, HMI clarity, data routing, or integration support with clear context.
Extra technical capacity
Useful as hands-on support for founders, small teams, workshops, integrators, or companies that need a systems-minded builder.
No loose safety claims
Safety-critical work needs the right owner, review, standards, and site responsibility. I keep that explicit from the first conversation.