What Is A PLC Presentation
What Is A PLC Presentation
What Is A PLC Presentation
• The first PLC, model 084, was invented by Dick Morley in 1969.
Inputs Outputs
Getting Complex
CPU
Inputs Outputs
Remote
Outputs
Inputs
Inputs Outputs
Inputs Outputs
Remote
Outputs
Inputs
Communications
Port
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High High
Voltage Isolation Voltage
Isolation MEMORY Barrier
Barrier
program data
Low Voltage
IEC Format
Function Block Diagram (FBD)
Structured Text (ST)
Instruction List (IL)
Ladder Diagram (LD)
Sequential Function Chart (SFC) - also known as “Grafcet”
Inputs Outputs
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• Communication Relationships
• Master / Slave - request / response & response only
• Peer-to-Peer - client / server, publisher / subscriber
• Communication Architectures
• Star (point-to-point)
• Bus, Ring, LAN (multidrop)
• Ethernet • CAN-Open
• Modbus Plus • ASi
• Modbus • Seriplex
• S908 • FIPIO/FIPway
• LonWorks • RIO
• Interbus • HART
• Profi-bus • DIO
• DeviceNet • ControlNet
• Uni-Telway • ASCII
• Communication Requirements
• Protocol/Network used
• Devices to communicate with (HMI, other PLCs, etc)
• Speed of Application
• Response time required (throughput) of the system
• How fast does the process change
• Programming Software
• IEC vs. 984
• Installed base / what is currently being used
• User Logic
• Size and complexity of Program
• Feedback control used
• etc.