diff --git a/scada_system/noblocking_turtle_shell.py b/scada_system/noblocking_turtle_shell.py
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+import cmd
+import threading
+
+from queue import Queue
+
+from equipment.turtle_device import TurtleDevice
+
+
+class TurtleDeviceThread(threading.Thread):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.device = TurtleDevice()
+        self.queue = Queue()
+        
+        self.device.open()
+    
+    def add_task(self, action: str, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.queue.put((action, args, kwargs))
+        
+    def run(self):
+        while True:
+            action, args, kwargs = self.queue.get()
+            if action == "stop":
+                self.queue.task_done()
+                break
+            self.device.execute(action, *args, **kwargs)
+            self.queue.task_done()
+
+
+class NoBlockingTurtleShell(cmd.Cmd):
+    intro = 'Welcome to the turtle shell.   Type help or ? to list commands.\n'
+    prompt = '(turtle) '
+    file = None
+
+    def __init__(self, turtle_thread: TurtleDeviceThread):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.turtle_thread = turtle_thread
+
+    def do_execute(self, arg):
+        'Executes a command with the given arguments:  EXECUTE forward 100'
+        command_and_args = parse(arg)
+        if len(command_and_args) == 1:
+            self.turtle_thread.add_task(command_and_args[0])
+            return None
+        
+        self.turtle_thread.add_task(command_and_args[0], *command_and_args[1:])
+
+    def do_exit(self, arg):
+        'Stops the message processing thread:  EXIT'
+        print('The message processing thread has stopped.')
+        self.turtle_thread.add_task('stop')
+        return True
+
+def parse(arg):
+    'Convert a series of zero or more numbers to an argument tuple'
+    def perform_elem(elem: str):
+        return int(elem) if elem.isdecimal() else elem
+    return tuple(map(perform_elem, arg.split()))
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    turtle_thread = TurtleDeviceThread()
+    turtle_thread.daemon = True
+    thread_shell = threading.Thread(target=NoBlockingTurtleShell(turtle_thread).cmdloop)
+    thread_shell.start()
+    turtle_thread.run()
+    thread_shell.join()
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diff --git a/scada_system/turtle_shell.py b/scada_system/turtle_shell.py
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+import cmd, sys
+from turtle import *
+
+
+class TurtleShell(cmd.Cmd):
+    intro = 'Welcome to the turtle shell.   Type help or ? to list commands.\n'
+    prompt = '(turtle) '
+    file = None
+
+    # ----- basic turtle commands -----
+    def do_forward(self, arg):
+        'Move the turtle forward by the specified distance:  FORWARD 10'
+        forward(*parse(arg))
+    def do_right(self, arg):
+        'Turn turtle right by given number of degrees:  RIGHT 20'
+        right(*parse(arg))
+    def do_left(self, arg):
+        'Turn turtle left by given number of degrees:  LEFT 90'
+        left(*parse(arg))
+    def do_goto(self, arg):
+        'Move turtle to an absolute position with changing orientation.  GOTO 100 200'
+        goto(*parse(arg))
+    def do_home(self, arg):
+        'Return turtle to the home position:  HOME'
+        home()
+    def do_circle(self, arg):
+        'Draw circle with given radius an options extent and steps:  CIRCLE 50'
+        circle(*parse(arg))
+    def do_position(self, arg):
+        'Print the current turtle position:  POSITION'
+        print('Current position is %d %d\n' % position())
+    def do_heading(self, arg):
+        'Print the current turtle heading in degrees:  HEADING'
+        print('Current heading is %d\n' % (heading(),))
+    def do_color(self, arg):
+        'Set the color:  COLOR BLUE'
+        color(arg.lower())
+    def do_undo(self, arg):
+        'Undo (repeatedly) the last turtle action(s):  UNDO'
+    def do_reset(self, arg):
+        'Clear the screen and return turtle to center:  RESET'
+        reset()
+    def do_bye(self, arg):
+        'Stop recording, close the turtle window, and exit:  BYE'
+        print('Thank you for using Turtle')
+        self.close()
+        bye()
+        return True
+
+    # ----- record and playback -----
+    def do_record(self, arg):
+        'Save future commands to filename:  RECORD rose.cmd'
+        self.file = open(arg, 'w')
+    def do_playback(self, arg):
+        'Playback commands from a file:  PLAYBACK rose.cmd'
+        self.close()
+        with open(arg) as f:
+            self.cmdqueue.extend(f.read().splitlines())
+    def precmd(self, line):
+        line = line.lower()
+        if self.file and 'playback' not in line:
+            print(line, file=self.file)
+        return line
+    def close(self):
+        if self.file:
+            self.file.close()
+            self.file = None
+
+def parse(arg):
+    'Convert a series of zero or more numbers to an argument tuple'
+    return tuple(map(int, arg.split()))
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    TurtleShell().cmdloop()
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