Train on the
real thing.

Real PLCs. Real IDE. Your browser. Chikane Labs gives you the full CODESYS development environment on a live cloud machine, wired to a 3D machine that obeys your code. Not a video course, not a canned simulator.

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  • Nothing to install. Ever. No downloads, no setup, no IT tickets.
  • Any computer with a modern browser. Windows, Mac, Linux, Chromebook. No gaming GPU.
  • Real industrial software, license included. The actual CODESYS IDE and runtime, live. Nothing to buy or trial.
One session, two windows: the IDE and the machine it drives, over live I/O.

The real toolchain, not a lookalike

You work in the actual CODESYS Development System, the same IEC 61131-3 environment used on plant floors worldwide, running on a live Windows machine and streamed to your browser in full quality. Ladder, function blocks, structured text, online debug, breakpoints. What you learn here is what you use on the job, because it is the job's tool.

IDE
CODESYS Development System · full desktop session
PLC
CODESYS Control runtime on its own Linux machine
Languages
LD · FBD · ST · IEC 61131-3
Your work
projects persist between sessions, automatically

A machine that obeys your code

Every lab pairs your PLC with an interactive 3D machine rendered right in your browser. Write the logic, download it to the PLC, and the conveyor starts, the sensor trips, the stack light answers, all in real time, over live I/O. Break it and the machine breaks honestly. That feedback loop is the whole difference.

The loop runs as fast as you can think. No simulator pause button, no answer key.

Worth more than a year of videos

Self-serve training either shows you videos of someone else's screen, or rents you a classroom seat for a few days. A year of Chikane Labs gives you your own machines the entire time, for a fraction of one instructor-led course once travel lands.

Video course platforms
watch demos of the tools ~$600/yr no lab, you never touch the IDE
Chikane Labs
your own live lab + full course path launch pricing soon real IDE, real PLC, real machine, all year
Vendor instructor-led courses
classroom seats, scheduled $1,500–3,500/course + ~$2,000 travel true cost $3,500–5,500 once flights and hotels land, for days of access

Typical published prices for comparable self-serve and vendor training, 2026; travel estimated for multi-day on-site courses.

Start in your browser, today

No installs, no licenses to buy, no scheduling. Sign up, press Start Lab, and your machines boot in minutes. Your projects are saved between sessions all year.

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