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Programmable Controllers: An Engineer's Guide
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Topics include: analog input card, healthy lamp, analog output card, programming terminal, output cards, input cards, auxiliary contact, program scan, block graphics, logic notation, plant signals, lamp test, ladder diagram, motor starter, terminating resistors, proportional valves
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Contents
Preface. Computers and industrial control: Introduction
Types of control strategies
Enter the computer
Input/output connections
Remote I/O
The advantages of PLC control. Programming Techniques: Introduction
The program scan
Identification of input/output and bit addresses
Programming methods
Bit storage
Timers
Counters
Numerical applications
Combinational and event-driven logic
Micro PLCs
IEC 1131-3, towards a common standard
Programming software
Programming software tools. Programming style: Introduction
Software engineering
Top-down design
Program structure in various PLCs
Housekeeping and good software practice
Speeding up the PLC scan time. Analog signals, closed loop control and intelligent modules: Introduction
Common analog signals
Signals and standards
Analog interfacing
Analog output signals
Analog-related program functions
Closed loop control
Specialist control processors
Bar codes
High-speed counters
Intelligent modules
Installation notes. Distributed systems: Parallel and serial communications
Serial standards
Area networks
The ISO/OSI model
Proprietary systems
Safety and practical considerations
Fibre optics. The man-machine interface: Introduction
Simple digital controls and indicators
Numerical outputs and inputs
Alarm annunciation
Analog indication
Computer graphics
Message displays
SCADA packages. Industrial control with conventional computers: Introduction
Bus-based machines
Programming for real time control
Soft PLCs. Practical aspects: Introduction
Safety
Design criteria
Constructional notes
Maintenance and fault finding
Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and CE marking
Other programmable devices. Sample ladder logic: Introduction
One shot
Toggle action
Alarm annunciator
First order filter
Level control
Linearisation
Flow totalisation
Scaling
Gray code conversion
BCD to binary conversion
Binary to BCD conversion
A hydraulic system. Section: Number systems. Index
Reviews:
Review
'An excellent addition to the range of books on PLCs. If you want to be bang up to date with the latest practical guide on PLCs, this is the book to buy - and very good value too!'
Control and Instrumentation
'Anyone about to use PLCs for the first time will find this guide a very good introduction to the subject...it is also a useful general source of information for anyone working with industrial control systems and instrumentation.'
Electrical Review
Electrical Review
"Anyone about to use PLCs for the first time will find this guide a very good introduction to the subject...it is also a useful general source of information for anyone working with industrial control systems and instrumentation." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Review
'An excellent addition to the range of books on PLCs. If you want to be bang up to date with the latest practical guide on PLCs, this is the book to buy - and very good value too!'
Control and Instrumentation
'Anyone about to use PLCs for the first time will find this guide a very good introduction to the subject...it is also a useful general source of information for anyone working with industrial control systems and instrumentation.'
Electrical Review
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