PLCs for Beginners: An introductory guide to building robust PLC programs with the Structured Text language

White, M. T.

  • 出版商: Packt Publishing
  • 出版日期: 2024-05-31
  • 售價: $1,590
  • 貴賓價: 9.5$1,511
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 380
  • 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
  • ISBN: 1803230932
  • ISBN-13: 9781803230931
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商品描述

Unleash the power of PLCs by understanding and applying essential programming concepts such as structured text, programming logic, and technologies like ChatGPT

Key Features
  1. Unleash the power of structured text by understanding its syntax, features, and applications
  2. Harness the power of programming logic and design by taking a design-first approach to PLC programming
  3. Leverage advanced concepts and technologies such as cybersecurity and generative AI with PLC
  4. Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook
Book Description

As smart factories and advanced technology become more prevalent, the demand for PLC programmers with expertise beyond ladder logic is growing. This book introduces a new approach to PLC programming, preparing you for future challenges by exploring automation programming through computer science and text-based programming.

The book begins by exploring the basic components of PLCs and how they integrate with other modules, giving you a clear understanding of system functionality. As you progress, you'll delve into PLC program execution, learning about flow and essential components for effective programming. Next, you'll understand program design with pseudocode and flowcharts, vital for planning programs. You'll then explore Boolean logic intricacies, harnessing logical functions and truth tables for precise control statements. Later, you'll delve into structured text, gaining a comprehensive grasp of syntax and features crucial for efficient programming. The journey continues with a focus 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
  1. Explore and understand how to implement PLC programs in structured text
  2. Experiment with common functions in structured text
  3. Control the flow of a PLC program with loop and conditional statements
  4. Discover how to design a PLC program with pseudocode and flowcharts
  5. Implement common sorting algorithms such as bubble sort and insertion sort, and understand concepts such as Big O
  6. Understand the basics of cybersecurity to protect PLC-based systems
  7. Leverage ChatGPT for PLC programming
  8. Understand the basics of troubleshooting hardware and fixing common problems
Who this book is for

This book is for automation engineering students and individuals seeking entry-level knowledge of PLC programming with structured text and other modern computer science concepts to excel in the advanced automation landscape. No prior knowledge of PLC programming is required.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

解鎖PLC的力量,理解並應用結構化文本、程式邏輯等基本編程概念,以及像ChatGPT這樣的技術。

主要特點:
1. 通過理解結構化文本的語法、特性和應用,發揮其威力。
2. 通過採用以設計為先的方式進行PLC編程,發揮程式邏輯和設計的力量。
3. 利用PLC的高級概念和技術,如網絡安全和生成式人工智能。
4. 購買印刷版或Kindle電子書,可獲得免費PDF電子書。

書籍描述:
隨著智能工廠和先進技術的普及,對具有超越梯形圖的PLC編程專業知識的需求正在增加。本書介紹了一種新的PLC編程方法,通過探索計算機科學和基於文本的編程,為您應對未來挑戰做好準備。

本書首先探討PLC的基本組件及其與其他模塊的集成方式,使您對系統功能有清晰的理解。隨著學習的進展,您將深入研究PLC程序執行,了解流程和有效編程所需的基本組件。接下來,您將通過偽代碼和流程圖來設計程序,這對於計劃程序至關重要。然後,您將探索布爾邏輯的細節,利用邏輯函數和真值表來實現精確的控制語句。隨後,您將深入研究結構化文本,全面掌握語法和特性,這對於高效編程至關重要。本書還關注PLC系統中的高級主題,如網絡安全和利用生成式人工智能(GenAI),例如ChatGPT,以提高生產力。

通過閱讀本書,您將能夠使用偽代碼和流程圖設計真實項目,並在結構化文本中實現這些設計。

您將學到什麼:
1. 探索並理解如何在結構化文本中實現PLC程序。
2. 在結構化文本中實驗常見函數。
3. 通過循環和條件語句控制PLC程序的流程。
4. 學習如何使用偽代碼和流程圖設計PLC程序。
5. 實現常見排序算法,如冒泡排序和插入排序,並理解大O的概念。
6. 了解保護基於PLC的系統的基本網絡安全知識。
7. 利用ChatGPT進行PLC編程。
8. 了解硬件故障排除的基本知識和解決常見問題的方法。

本書適合對PLC編程具有結構化文本和其他現代計算機科學概念的入門級知識,以在先進的自動化領域中脫穎而出的自動化工程學生和個人。不需要先備的PLC編程知識。