OUTCOME 1 - INVESTIGATE
THE DESIGN AND OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
Purpose and origins
Architecture and Terminology
Internal Structure CPU etc.
Styles- Unitary, Modular and Rack
Input and Output Components
Optic Coupling
Communication - Twisted Pair, Coaxial and Optic Fibres
OUTCOME 2 -
I NFORMATION
and COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES
Number Systems -Binary, Octal, Hex
Conversion of Number Systems
Binary Coded Decimal
Manipulation, Shifting, Decrementing, Comparison ...
Analogue Digital Conversion
Digital communication
Serial and Parallel
Protocols and Standards
Plugs and Sockets
RS232 RS422 IEEE488
ISO MAP LAN INTRANET EXTRANET ETHERNET
Logic Functions And Or Nand Nor Not XOr
Truth Tables and Symbols
Intro to Ladder Logic
European and American Symbols
Relay LadderLogic Symbols
OUTCOME 3 -
PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES
Summary of PLC Terminology
Tags, Labels and Identifiers
Flip Flops and Darlington Pairs
Flow Charts
Step Controllers
Functional Diagrams, Grafcet, SFC
Ladder Diagrams
Timers, Counters, Registers
Instruction Sets Operand and Opcodes
Truth tables, Boolean Algebra
Testing and Debugging
Ladder Programming Exercises
Timers,counters, Registers, A/D
PID Programming
Explanation of PID
3 Term Control PID
Analogue and Digital Control System
Digital Signal Processing with PLCs
MODEL
ASSIGNMENTS
MODEL ASSIGNMENTS
ASSIGNMENT 1
ASSIGNMENT 2
ASSIGNMENT 3
WORK SHEETS