Free Download Programmable logic controller (PLC) Book

Download the free programmable logic controller book to study and learn about the basics of PLC programming.

Contents

Many control technologies are available for control. Early control systems relied upon mechanisms and analog electronics to build controlled.

Most modern controllers use a computer or microcontrollers to achieve control. The most flexible of these controllers is the PLC (Programmable Logic Controller).

Programmable Logic Controller Book

Free Download PLC Book — PLC – programmable logic controller

This PLC book mainly consists of 35 chapters as mentioned below.

S.No.	Chapters
1	Programmable Logic Controllers
2	PLC Hardware
3	Sensors
4	Actuators
5	Boolean Logic Design
6	Karnaugh Maps
7	PLC Operation
8	Latches, Timers, Counters and More
9	Structured Logic Design
10	Flowchart Based Design
11	State Based Design
12	Numbers and Data
13	PLC Memory
14	Ladder Logic Functions
15	Advanced Ladder Logic Functions
16	Open Controllers
17	Instruction List Programming
18	Structured Text Programming
19	Sequential Function Charts
20	Function Block Programming
21	Analog Inputs and Outputs
22	Continuous Sensors
23	Continuous Actuators
24	Continuous Control
25	Fuzzy Logic
26	Serial Communication
27	Networking
28	Internet
29	Human Machine Interface (HMI)
30	Electrical Design and Construction
31	Software Engineering
32	Selecting a PLC
33	Function Reference
34	Glossary
35	PLC References

Here we mentioned the brief details and topics available in the programmable logic controller book.

Topics

PLC History
Ladder Logic and Relays
PLC Programming
PLC Operation
PLC hardware configurations
Input and outputs PLC types
Electrical wiring for inputs and outputs
Relays
Electrical Ladder Diagrams and JIC wiring symbols
Sensor wiring; switches, TTL, sourcing, sinking
Proximity detection; contact switches, photo-optics, capacitive, inductive, and ultrasonic
Solenoids, valves, and cylinders
Hydraulics and pneumatics
The computer structure of a PLC
The sanity check, input, output, and logic scans
Status and memory types
Latches, timers, counters, and MCRs
Design examples
Internal memory locations are available and act like outputs
ControlLogix memory types; program and data
Data types; output, input, status, bit, timer, counter, integer, floating-point, etc.
Memory addresses; words, bits, data files, expressions, literal values, and indirect.
Shift registers, stacks, and sequencers
Program control; branching, looping, subroutines, temporary ends, and one-shots
Interrupts; timed, fault, and input-driven
Immediate inputs and outputs
Conversion of State diagrams using program subroutines
Instruction list (IL) opcodes and operations
Converting from ladder logic to IL
The Allen Bradley version of IL
Describing process control SFCs
Conversion of SFCs to ladder logic
The basic construction of FBDs
The relationship between ST and FBDs
Constructing function blocks with structured text
Analog inputs and outputs
Analog I/O with a PLC
Feedback control of continuous systems
Control of systems with logical actuators
PID control with continuous actuators
Analysis of PID controlled systems
PID control with a PLC
Serial communication and RS-232c
ASCII ladder logic functions
Electrical wiring issues; cabinet wiring and layout, grounding, enclosures, shielding, and inductive loads.

Objectives

Know general PLC issues
To be able to write simple ladder logic programs
Understand the operation of a PLC
Be able to understand and design basic input and output wiring.
Be able to produce industrial wiring diagrams.
Understand the different types of sensor outputs.
Know the basic sensor types and understand application issues.
Be aware of various actuators available.
Understand the operation of a PLC.
Understand latches, timers, counters, and MCRs.
To be able to select simple internal memory bits.
To know the basic memory types available
To be able to use addresses for locations in memory
To understand shift registers, stacks, and sequencers.
To understand program control statements.
To understand the use of interrupts.
To understand the operation of immediate input and output instructions.
To be prepared to use the block transfer instruction later.
Be able to apply the advanced function in ladder logic design.
To learn the fundamentals of IL programming.
To understand the relationship between ladder logic and IL programs
To be able to write functions in Structured Text programs
To understand the parallels between Ladder Logic and Structured Text
To understand the differences between Allen Bradley and the standard
Learn to recognize parallel control problems.
Be able to develop SFCs for a process.
Be able to convert SFCs to ladder logic.
To be able to write simple FBD programs
To understand the basics of conversion to and from analog values.
Be able to use analog I/O on a PLC.
To understand the concepts behind continuous control
Be able to control a system with logical actuators
Be able to analyze and control system with a PID controller
To understand serial communications with RS-232
Be able to use serial communications with a PLC
To learn the major issues in designing controllers including; electrical schematics, panel layout, grounding, shielding, enclosures.
Be able to select a hardware and software vendor.
Be able to size a PLC to an application
Be able to select needed hardware and software.