Plc

Plc are the logic controllers also called solid state members of the computer family using integrated
circuits instead of electromechanical devices to implement control functions
It can be thought of industrial computers with especially desighned architechtue in both their central
units and interfacing circuitry to field devices (i/o connections to the real world)
The cental processing unit governs all plc ativites
It consists of processor and memory systems ant the system power supply
During the execution sysle it consists of read sysle execute cycle and write cycle
Programming methods of the mini device ..the programming device must be connected to the controller
when entering or monitoring the control program..
It consists of the micro plcs small plcs medium and large and very large plcs
It uses the ladder diagram to perform the specific tasks
These diagrams represent the interconnection of field devices in such a way that the activation or
turning on ,of one device will turn on another device according to a predefined sequence of events
Then there the example comes example 3.1and 2 and 3
The cpu of a plc system may contain more than one processor to execute the systems duties and or
communications because the extra processors increase the speed of these operations
Standard word length are 8 16 and 32 bits ..this word length affects the speed at which the processo
performs most operations ..the basic function of a programmable controller is to read all field input
devices and then execute the control program ,which According to the logic programmed will turn the
field output devices on and of
fProcess scan is the common scan methodof monitoring the inputs aqt the end each scan may be
inediquete for reading extremely fast inputs