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1、Programmable logic controllerFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia PLC & input/output arrangements Aprogrammablelogiccontroller(PLC)orprogrammablecontrollerisadigitalcomputerusedforautomationofelectromechanicalprocesses,suchascontrolofmachineryonfactoryassemblylines,controlofamusementri
2、des,orcontroloflightingfixtures.PLCsareusedinmanydifferentindustriesandmachinessuchaspackagingandsemiconductormachines.Unlikegeneral-purposecomputers,thePLCisdesignedformultipleinputsandoutputarrangements,extendedtemperatureranges,immunitytoelectricalnoise,andresistancetovibrationandimp
3、act.Programstocontrolmachineoperationaretypicallystoredinbattery-backedornon-volatilememory.APLCisanexampleofarealtimesystemsinceoutputresultsmustbeproducedinresponsetoinputconditionswithinaboundedtime,otherwiseunintendedoperationwillresult.FeaturesControlpanelwithPLC(greyelementsinthec
4、enter).Theunitconsistsofseparateelements,fromlefttoright;powersupply,controller,relayunitsforin-andoutput.ThemaindifferencefromothercomputersisthatPLCsarearmoredforsevereconditions(dust,moisture,heat,cold,etc)andhavethefacilityforextensiveinput/output(I/O)arrangements.TheseconnectthePLC
5、tosensorsandactuators.PLCsreadlimitswitches,analogprocessvariables(suchastemperatureandpressure),andthepositionsofcomplexpositioningsystems.Someevenusemachinevision.Ontheactuatorside,PLCsoperateelectricmotors,pneumaticorhydrauliccylinders,magneticrelaysorsolenoids,oranalogoutputs.Theinp
6、ut/outputarrangementsmaybebuiltintoasimplePLC,orthePLCmayhaveexternalI/OmodulesattachedtoacomputernetworkthatplugsintothePLC.SystemscaleAsmallPLCwillhaveafixednumberofconnectionsbuiltinforinputsandoutputs.Typically,expansionsareavailableifthebasemodeldoesnothaveenoughI/O.ModularPLCshave
7、achassis(alsocalledarack)intowhichareplacedmoduleswithdifferentfunctions.TheprocessorandselectionofI/Omodulesiscustomizedfortheparticularapplication.Severalrackscanbeadministeredbyasingleprocessor,andmayhavethousandsofinputsandoutputs.AspecialhighspeedserialI/Olinkisusedsothatr
