Author: Max Rabiee

Programmable Logic Controllers: Hardware and Programming provides an introduction to PLCs and their applications in process and industrial control systems. The text begins with basic hardware and programming concepts and then progresses to system-level applications.

Many illustrations and examples found throughout the textbook are based on the LogixPro 500 PLC Simulator Software, which is developed by and available from The Learning Pit. To learn more about this software or to purchase it, visit www.thelearningpit.com.

Table of Contents

Abbreviated Contents

Programmable Logic Controllers: Hardware and Programming, 4th Edition

• Front Matter
• 1 - Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) Overview
• 2 - PLC Selection, Components, and Communication
• 3 - Number Systems and Codes
• 4 - Input/Output Devices and Motor Controls
• 5 - Creating Relay Logic Diagrams
• 6 - PLC Programming
• 7 - Programming Logic Gate Functions in PLCs
• 8 - PLC Timer Instructions
• 9 - PLC Counter Instructions
• 10 - PLC Math Instructions
• 11 - PLC Compare, Jump, and MCR Instructions
• 12 - PLC Subroutine Functions
• 13 - PLC Logic and Bit Shift Instructions
• 14 - Data Handling Instructions
• 15 - Sequencer Instructions
• 16 - Troubleshooting and Servicing the PLC System
• 17 - PLC Networks in Manufacturing
• 18 - PLC Programming with RSLogix 5000 Software
• Appendix A Electromechanical Devices
• Appendix B Conversion Tables
• Appendix C Natural Trigonometric Functions
• Appendix D SLC 500 Reference
• Glossary
• Index