Programmable Controller Tutorial (Basic Edition)

Author: Hu Xuelin
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: Programmable Controller (commonly abbreviated as PLC or PC) is a new type of highly reliable general industrial automation control device. It integrates microcomputer technology, automation control technology, and communication technology organically with a microprocessor as its core. It boasts strong control capabilities, high reliability, flexible configuration, simple programming, ease of use, and easy scalability, making it the primary means and important automation control equipment for industrial control today and in the future. It can be said that so far, no control device can match the PLC in terms of reliability or the breadth and depth of its application areas. Therefore, experts consider PLC technology, CNC technology, Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAD/CAM), and robotics technology to be the four pillars of modern industrial production automation.
This book takes an engineering application perspective, using the S-series PLC from Siemens (SIEMENS), a widely applied German company, as the sample model. It emphasizes practicality and application, focusing on the structure, working principles, and programming rules of small PLCs. It provides detailed introductions to the system's instruction set, configuration setup, network communication, and performance indicators. Through numerous targeted engineering examples, it thoroughly explains the design philosophy, steps, and methods of commonly used PLC control systems in engineering. Each chapter is followed by exercises.
This book can serve as a teaching resource for related majors such as industrial electrical and automation, mechatronics, and computer applications in colleges and universities. It can also be used as a textbook for correspondence and vocational colleges in similar fields. For a broad range of electrical engineering technicians, it is a highly valuable reference book and technical manual.