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An overview of industrial controllers - Ladder Logic Tutorial
From the course: Introduction to PLC and Industrial Automation
An overview of industrial controllers
- In order to control the coordination of the different processes orchestrating the movement and steps within the field. This is done using controllers. Industrial controllers are electronic devices that monitor and control industrial processes. They receive inputs from sensors and make decisions based on that data and the program written. There are many industrial controllers. The two common industrial controllers include programmable logic controllers or PLC and distributed control system or DCS. An example of a PLC is Allen-Bradley ControlLogix. An example of DCS is Emerson DeltaV Controllers. There are many types of PLC devices in the market. Here are some examples from Allen-Bradley, Omron, and Siemens. The controller devices are smart but they cannot do anything without you, the PLC programmer, to coordinate the process. Now that you know about controllers, let's see how to tell them what to do. The…
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