Zero Trust Remote Access Solution in Close Collaboration with Dispel:
In a recent article from Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. has teamed up with Dispel, a secure remote connectivity software provider, to offer customers secure on-site zero trust network access from remote locations. This collaboration leverages Dispel’s technology to connect facilities to remote regions using Mitsubishi Electric iQ-R Series WinCPU R102WCPU-W or the RD55UP12-V C Intelligent Function Module, ensuring compliance with NIST/IEC 62443 standards.
Dispel’s platform provides centralized control and visibility over industrial systems and user access, meeting cybersecurity standards like NIST 800-53, NERC CIP, and IEC 62443. With features such as password vaulting, privileged access management, and dynamic Moving Target Defense infrastructure, the platform has over 20 million hours of safe operation and finds common use in industries such as food and beverage, packaging, automotive, and more.
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First, we have a simple RGB LED cycling through its color array. This simple project demonstrates the Arduino’s ability to utilize the full color array of the LED which could be taken advantage of for any project which requires running complex LED lighting, such as running the lighting effects of a small studio.
The code for this project was pretty short, as the LED driver did most of the heavy lifting. This project demonstrated how efficient you could make commands and lighting work when utilizing driver chips and other microprocessors when paired with the Arduino as the brain.
For the final project, I went online a found a free tutorial on how to make your very own oscillating sonar! Using the servo motor and the included ultrasonic module, I secured the two together and wired them into the Arduino through a breadboard circuit. Loading up Processing to run our sonar screen, the servo motor moved back and forth in 45 degree intervals, turning the ultrasonic module, and generating a sonar image on our computer screen. This project really demonstrates how far you can take these kits and push their components to the limit. Unique modules like the ultrasonic sensor, humidity sensor, or the water level sensor offer different avenues for exploring your crafts and projects for use in measuring the outside world. One user even made a fully automated greenhouse using these sensors and an Arduino, which you can read about in our previous article here. If you would like to follow the same tutorial I did to recreate your own sonar, check out the video 
and finally, the Arduino Uno R4. It lists the chip’s specs on the back of the box like the R3 had. Inside the box, you get the standard Arduino sticker pack and a warranty booklet. The R4 slides out, and comes pre-applied to a small plastic shield. Looking over the chip, the differences to the R3 become apparent with the array of LEDs on the top face of the chip, along with the smaller USB Type C connector on the side, replacing the old Type B interface.
Next, we have something unique to the R4. Snake! That’s right, the favorite game of millennial flip phone users, now played on the LED array of the R4 itself. An LED lights up, with a small string of LEDs, the player, moving across the chip in the direction you press the joystick. As you cross over the rogue LED, your snake grows longer, and a new LED lights up elsewhere on the chip. This little game could only work on the new R4 thanks to the new LED array, and is a fantastic project to utilize the limited space and functionality.
Finally, we have a simple program running text to our OLED display, both static, and moving, as well as displaying a simple ASCII logo. First, we displayed our company name as a static text, then after a handful of seconds, it transition to the link to our blog. However, the text is now moving back and forth on a two second timer! After a couple iterations, the screen shifts a simplified version of our gear logo, converted to ASCII for use on Arduino powered architecture. I could see someone driving a much larger screen with this little chip, displaying directions, information, or images for various jobs
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