InduSoft releases Web Studio Education v7.1

InduSoft has launched a special educational version of its InduSoft Web Studio v7.1 for students and researchers at higher education institutions. The company developed the educational version following feedback from university instructors, students and researchers who had worked with several thousand InduSoft Web Studio licences the company had donated.

The program aims to provide students with a complete SCADA/HMI package that enables them to develop real-world applications without limits on development time. InduSoft says this will enable students to experiment and innovate while creating the types of projects they encounter in the work world.

“I truly believe that knowledge exchange is a key to evolution, so I wanted to present our software to potential new users,” said InduSoft engineer Paolo Guerra, who was involved in creating the educational version of Web Studio. “It was important to give them the possibility to have a hands-on experience and learn InduSoft Web Studio.

“With that, we can collect feedback from new users who have a fresh perspective on our software. We wanted to hear from people who may have never used a SCADA/HMI development platform like this before and people who are learning SCADA/HMI application development for the first time. This allows us to tailor our software to better serve a wide range of users.”

In the development of the educational version, special licensing was created and a range of testing was performed. The company also provided complete training to the academy institutions using the software so the teachers would be ready to teach InduSoft Web Studio to students.

The developers anticipate it will have a range of uses. “We wanted it to be available to any student developing projects for theses or end-of-course assignments, researchers working in any field and educational institutions that wanted to build an application to control/monitor real-world variables and use that as a real case to show students what this technology is all about,” Guerra said.

The company offers a range of free information on its website, including demo applications and an online SCADA training class.

Learn more about the educational version of Web Studio on InduSoft’s blog: http://www.indusoft.com/blog/.