Show HN: Open-source AAS digital twin studio with live PLC data collection

Category: devtools

Tags: asset-administration-shell, digital-twin, plc, opc-ua, industrial-automation, aasx, web-app

Score: 7.0/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 8, Documentation: 8, Utility: 6)

VEXPLOR AAS Studio is an open-source web application for authoring, validating, and serving Asset Administration Shell (AAS) models, with the unique ability to collect live data from PLCs and publish it via OPC UA. It combines editing, linting with 52 rules, auto-fix, and data collection from industrial protocols (OPC UA, Modbus, S7, MELSEC, XGT) into a single tool, aiming to simplify AAS adoption in factories. The project is technically ambitious and well-documented, but its niche focus on AAS and industrial integration limits broader appeal.

Target audience: industrial automation engineers, manufacturing IT/OT integrators, backend developers working with AAS, DevOps for industrial systems

Repository: https://github.com/waceinc/vexplor-aas · TypeScript · Apache-2.0 · 2 stars

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