This site:
- Solicits user feedback on
additions, deletions, and reorganization of the text content plus additions and/or changes in the instructor’s resource
material.
- Provides a mechanism to ask the authors questions on text
content.
- Provides additional end-of-chapter questions and problems.
- Previews changes planned for current chapters and new chapters under development.
- Provides a place to report and view any errata for the text.
NEWS! We will be at the 2011 Automation
Fair in Chicago in November. Email us if you'd like to meet and talk about the PLC text or share PLC experiences.
Features in the Third Edition (2012)
- NEW TITLE! Programmable Logic Controllers: A
Systems Approach. The systems approach has a greater emphasis on program operation and troubleshooting
for the PLC as an integral part of the control system.
- NEW!
Chapter content is reorganized into three color-coded sections for easy readability and course development: 1.
General info for all PLCs, 2. SLC 500 PLC specific, and 3. ControlLogix PLC
specific.
- NEW! Legacy PLC 5 instruction information is summarized in an Appendix.
- NEW! More figures, better image graphics and use of full color.
- NEW! Additional chapters
cover PLC hardware, installation of PLCs, and assembly of PLC control panels for discrete, analog, and networked systems.
- NEW! A
separate student workbook, which includes Logic-Pro PLC simulation software, is provided to test solutions and learn troubleshooting.
- EXPANDED!
More Safety and
Tech Tips in the sidebars.
- EXPANDED! Chapter questions and problems are organized as General, SLC 500 specific, and ControlLogix specific
with problems that vary from easy to challenging.
- EXPANDED! Scaling and PID instruction details and examples.
- IMPROVED!
Generic troubleshooting process for PLCs is detailed, plus all ladder logic programming and device and module chapters include
troubleshooting techniques at the end of the chapter.
- IMPROVED! Crisp PowerPoint slides with high resolution figures and tables, teaching points in bullet
format cover key points from the chapters, and instructor notes offer useful information for the lecture environment.
- ONLY IN THIS TEXT! Detailed system troubleshooting
examples at the end of the chapters.
- ONLY IN THIS TEXT! Program segments for frequently used instructions in ladder diagrams, function block diagrams,
and structured text programs are provided to aid in program modification and creation.
- ONLY IN THIS TEXT! Programming process is included to provide a structure
for program modification
and development.
.
..
Send
a Comment or Question to the Authors
