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PLCs for Beginners: An introductory guide to building robust PLC programs with Structured Text
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781803230931
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Published: May 31 2024
Pages: 380
Weight: 1.44
Height: 0.78 Width: 7.50 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
Unleash the power of PLCs by understanding and applying Structured Text, programming logic, and technologies like ChatGPT and much more
Key Features:
- Build a solid foundation of Structured Text by understanding its syntax, features, and applications
- Learn how to apply programming logic and design by taking a design-first approach to PLC programming
- Integrate advanced concepts and technologies such as cybersecurity and generative AI with PLCs
- Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook
Book Description:
With the rise of smart factories and advanced technology, the demand for PLC programmers with expertise beyond ladder logic is surging. Written by M.T. White, a seasoned DevOps engineer and adjunct CIS instructor, this guide offers insights from the author's extensive experience in PLC and HMI programming across industries. This book introduces a fresh approach to PLC programming, preparing you for future automation challenges through computer science and text-based programming.
Starting with the basic components of PLCs and their integration with other modules, this book gives you a clear understanding of system functionality and helps you master PLC program execution by learning about flow and essential components for effective programming. You'll understand program design with pseudocode and flowcharts, vital for planning programs, and cover Boolean logic intricacies, harnessing logical functions and truth tables for precise control statements. The book gives you a comprehensive grasp of Structured Text, its syntax and features crucial for efficient programming. The book also focuses on advanced topics like cybersecurity in PLC systems and leveraging generative AI (GenAI), such as ChatGPT, to enhance productivity.
By the end of this book, you'll be able to design real-world projects using pseudocode and flowcharts, and implement those designs in Structured Text.
What You Will Learn:
- Implement PLC programs in Structured text
- Experiment with common functions in Structured Text
- Control the flow of a PLC program with loop and conditional statements
- Design a PLC program with pseudocode and flowcharts
- Implement common sorting algorithms such as bubble sort and insertion sort, and understand concepts such as Big O
- Understand the basics of cybersecurity to protect PLC-based systems
- Leverage ChatGPT for PLC programming
- Get to grips with troubleshooting hardware and fixing common problems
Who this book is for:
This book is for automation engineering students and individuals who are aspiring to be software, electrical, mechanical, or automation engineers with an interest in reshaping the automation industry.
Table of Contents
- Computer Science Versus Automation Programming
- PLC Components - Integrating PLCs with Other Modules
- The Basics of Programming
- Unleashing Computer Memory
- Designing Programs - Unleashing Pseudocode and Flowcharts
- Boolean Algebra
- Unlocking the Power of ST
- Exploring Variables and Tags
- Performing Calculations in Structured Text
- Unleashing Built-In Function Blocks
- Unlocking the Power of Flow Control
- Unlocking Advanced Control Statements
- Implementing Tight Loops
- Sorting with Loops
- Secure PLC Programming - Stopping Cyberthreats
- Troubleshooting PLCs - Fixing Issues
- Leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- The Final Project - Programming a Simulated Robot
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