PROGRAMMING METHODS. In previous articles, I have discussed ladder logic, which is very much a sort of electronic schematic symbolization of the control system you are designing. This makes ...

The graphical programming realm. Explaining the principal differences among the graphical PLC programming languages, Yerger started with Ladder Diagram, noting its development from relay logic. “It ...

When a PLC is used primarily to replace relays, timers, and counters, it's hard to beat the simplicity and usefulness of ladder diagram programming. Their ability to accept programming in ladder ...

Each of these objects can interact with the ladder program of the connected PLC either by use of “tags” (discussed in earlier articles in this series) which are variables with user-friendly names such ...

The PLC uses a programming language based upon readily identifiable symbols common to motor control. Hand-held programmers or PCs are the most common methods for programming the PLC. Figure 2 on page ...

Ladder logic is one of the most commonly used PLC languages. In it, symbols represent opening and closing relays, counters, timers, shift registers, and mathematical operations. The symbols are ...

Basics of Ladder Logic provides an overview of the basic principles, structure, and symbols of ladder logic programming. This class introduces the components of ladder logic programming language used ...

Industrial automation technologies have made manufacturing processes increasingly more efficient. Programmable logic controllers (PLCs) are commonly used in industrial automation, and many of these ...

THE use of function blocks for programming of programmable logic controllers (PLCs) is gaining wider acceptance. Rather than the classic “contact and coil” representation of ladder diagram or relay ...

Instead of the languages you may be used to in software dev, many PLCs are programmed via ladder logic. If you have the budget for it, there are commonly "Intro to [a given PLC platform]" style ...