PLC-Ladder
Plain English to verified PLC ladder logic, in your browser
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Describe a machine in plain English and get IEC 61131-3 structured text, ladder and FBD. A deterministic compiler checks every draft, a browser simulator runs it, and an OPC UA endpoint lets your HMI drive it. Free in alpha.
PH · launched Nov 11, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 65%) · 0 views
Niche: mechanical engineering and fabrication tools · 39 launches, 4 in the last 7 days ▼ -33% · Explore this niche →
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- Manufacturing
- Dev tools
- Developer
- AI-native
- Education
- Developer Tools
- Artificial Intelligence
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Could you build this?
Partial The English-to-structured-text generator, editor, and browser simulator are buildable, but producing safe, verified control logic for real machines and wiring it to an OPC UA endpoint requires industrial automation expertise.
What it would actually take: The stack would combine an LLM for code generation, a deterministic IEC 61131-3 parser and type checker, a scan-cycle simulator, and an OPC UA server library. The hard parts are formal verification of control logic and safety interlocks, which need a controls engineer who understands PLC vendors, I/O mapping, and industrial safety standards like IEC 61508.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 38 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #16 of 39 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 290 days after the earliest competitor.
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