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Replied to Our founder wants ESP32s instead of PLCs now that Hermetry has the data. How do I argue it?

Used Megan's split almost word for word with the downtime math. We lose roughly $4,000 an hour when line 2 stops. Founder agreed to…

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Started Our founder wants ESP32s instead of PLCs now that Hermetry has the data. How do I argue it?

Automation engineer at a small manufacturer. We have 9 machines with Siemens S7-1200s doing interlocks, sequencing and a couple of PID loops. Since we…

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