June 23, 2020 — Inductive Automation announced the release of Ignition Maker Edition. This software platform gives people free, personal access to the industrial-grade Ignition by Inductive Automation. Ignition is an industrial application platform with tools for building solutions in human-machine interface (HMI), supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Ignition is used in virtually every industry, in more than 100 countries. Ignition Maker Edition is not intended for industrial, professional, or commercial use.
It was designed as a free tool for hobbyists, students, and individuals wanting to familiarize themselves with the Ignition platform. It is cross-platform, and uses trusted technologies like SQL, Python, OPC UA, and MQTT — allowing users to connect to just about any kind of database, PLC, and device. People can use it to automate the lights in their home, manage a personal weather station, or to build projects for other personal activities. The software is flexible, it can be used to turn all kinds of ideas into reality. Users can add charts, tables, voice notifications, sophisticated logic systems, and more.
Ignition Maker Edition gives users the power to create customized dashboards. Users can collect data, get real-time analytics, and manage multiple devices. Ignition Maker Edition is nearly identical to Ignition and includes many of the same core modules that make Ignition so popular with industrial users. It includes the Ignition Perspective Module, which brings powerful new capabilities to phones and tablets. Other modules, also included, enable database connections, alarm notifications, OPC UA functionality, tag historian, reporting, and more.
The software also supports MQTT modules from Cirrus Link Solutions. The release was announced on Ignition Community Live, a weekly series of webcasts featuring Inductive Automation experts and special guests. A recording of today’s presentation about Ignition Maker Edition will be available soon at Inductive Automation’s Videos page and YouTube channel .
