Automation Projects
Safe, efficient automation - engineered with discipline.
I'm Cesar Ponce, a controls engineer. I design Siemens S7-1500 control systems for material handling, from safety functions and drives to third-party integrations and retrofits of running plants. I also build web apps and business tools with AI coding agents. This is where I share the projects and what I learn from them.
If someone has already done it, why not me?And if no one has, why shouldn't I be the first?Control room
Running
Stop pauses the line. The red mushroom is the emergency stop.
Two areas I build in
Different tools, different worlds - the same engineering discipline behind both.
PLC systems that run production
Control software for material-handling systems: functional safety, drives, integration with third-party systems, and retrofits of plants that are already running.
- Siemens S7-1500
- TIA Portal
- Functional Safety
- SEW Drives
- PROFINET
- Retrofit
Software that takes work off people's hands
Web apps and tools built with AI coding agents: an offline digital library for classrooms, and websites with admin panels that manage clients, requests and calendars.
- Next.js
- React
- TypeScript
- Supabase
- Offline-first
- AI-assisted development
- 01Running systems
- Retrofits and integrations on plants that are already in production, often with outdated documentation and a tight window.
- 02AI with discipline
- AI speeds up the work. The requirements, the review and the testing stay with me.
- 03Built to last
- Every system is designed carefully, documented properly and made to keep working.
See what I'm building
Real case studies, from safe access to a cold-store lift to an offline library for classrooms.