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Modbus for Beginners: RTU, TCP, Registers, and Real-World Use
A practical introduction to Modbus — the most common industrial protocol you'll encounter. Covers RTU vs TCP, function codes, register types, and how to actually read and write data on a real system.
By Forge Nelson
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