Date/Time: Thursday, September 11, 2025 · 4:00 PM CEST / 9:00 AM CDT


Who it’s for: Arduino Partners serving K-12, Higher Education, and Enterprise teams reskilling into industrial automation.

Why join: If your learners (or customers) need a fast, confidence-building path into PLCs, Arduino Opta is a gentle on-ramp and a real PLC they can deploy later. In 30 minutes, we’ll show how to go from hello world to real I/O—with a training toolkit you can take to class, lab, or shop floor.

Why Opta first: Compact PLC with industrial I/O, secure connectivity, and a low-friction dev experience—ideal for fundamentals, labs, and pilot lines.

The Automation portfolio in a nutshell: Where Opta fits, plus compatible sensors, HMIs, and gateways to build full learning pathways.

Ready-to-use curriculum: Free Arduino Academy modules and course outlines you can plug into K-12 STEM, university labs, or enterprise L&D.

From demo to deployment: Starter exercises (digital inputs, relays, Modbus/TCP) that scale to capstone projects and light industrial use.

K-12: teacher-friendly labs that demystify PLC logic.

Higher Ed: fast labs for mechatronics/controls courses.

Enterprises: reskilling techs/operators into automation roles with hands-on wins in week one.

Bonus: Join the live Q&A + feedback session on Thursday, September 18, 2025 (same time) to ask questions and shape our next partner resources.

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