PLC Mid Syllabus
PLC Mid Syllabus
PLC Mid Syllabus
Bachelor of Engineering
Subject Code: 3161714
Programmable Logic Controller and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System
6th SEMESTER
S. N. Content
1 PLC BASICS
Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs): Introduction; definition & history of the
PLC; Principles of Operation; Various Parts of a PLC: CPU & programmer/
monitors; PLC input & output modules; Solid state memory; the processor; I/O
modules; power supplies. PLC advantage & disadvantage; PLC versus Computers,
PLC Application. Programming equipment; proper construction of PLC ladder
diagrams; process scanning consideration; PLC operational faults.
PLC Hardware Components
2 The I/O section, Discrete I/O Modules, Analog I/O Modules, Special I/O Modules,
I/O specifications, The CPU, Memory design, Memory Types, Programming
Devices, Selection of wire types and size.
3 Fundamentals of Logic
The Binary Concept, AND, OR and NOT functions, Boolean Algebra, Developing
circuits from Boolean Expression expressions, Producing the Boolean equation from
given circuit, Hardwired logic versus programmed logic, Programming word level
logic instructions. Converting Relay schematics and Boolean equation into PLC
Ladder Programs, Writing a ladder logic program directly from a narrative
description.
4 Various INPUT /OUTPUT Devices and its interfacing with PLC.
Different types of Input devices :
Switches: Push button Switches, Toggle Switches, Proximity switches, Photo
switches, Temperature Switch, Pressure Switch, and Level Switch,Flow Switches,
manually operated switches,Motor starters, Transducers and sensors, Transmitters
etc. Their working, specification and interfacing with PLC.
Different types of Output devices :
Electromagnetic Control Relays, Latching relays, Contactors, Motors, Pumps,
Solenoid Valves etc. Their working, specification and interfacing with PLC.
5 Basics of PLC Programming
Processor Memory Organization, Program Scan, PLC Programming languages,
Relay type instructions, Instruction addressing, Branch Instructions, Internal Relay
Instructions, Programming Examine if Closed and examine If Open instructions,
Entering the ladder diagram, Modes of operation.
Creating Ladder Diagrams from Process Control Descriptions.
Ladder diagram & sequence listing; large process ladder diagram construction, flow
charting as programming method, Industrial Examples
6 PLC INSTRUCTIONS
Bit Logic Instructions: NO, NC, Set, Reset, rising edge Pulse, Falling Edge Pulse,
RS, SR, NOP, OUTPUT etc.
Clock: READ RTC, SET_RTC.
Different Logical operation Instructions:
INVERT BIT, BYTE, WORD DOUBLE WORD.
OR: BIT, BYTE, WORD DOUBLE WORD.
AND: BIT, BYTE, WORD DOUBLE WORD.
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Bachelor of Engineering
Subject Code: 3161714
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