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Mastering PLC Programming

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Product type Book
Published in Mar 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804612880
Pages 386 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Mason White Mason White
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M.T. White has been programming since the age of 12. His fascination with robotics flourished when he was a child programming microcontrollers such as Arduinos. M.T. currently holds an undergraduate degree in mathematics, a master's degree in soft ware engineering, and is currently working on an MBA in IT project management. M.T. is currently working as a soft ware developer for a major US defense contractor and is an adjunct CIS instructor at ECPI University. His background mostly stems from the automation industry where he programmed PLCs and HMIs for many different types of applications. M.T. has programmed many different brands of PLCs over the years and has developed HMIs using many different tools.
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Table of Contents (25) Chapters

Preface 1. Part 1 – An Introduction to Advanced PLC Programming
2. Chapter 1: Software Engineering for PLCs 3. Chapter 2: Advanced Structured Text — Programming a PLC in Easy-to-Read English 4. Chapter 3: Debugging — Making Your Code Work 5. Chapter 4: Complex Variable Declaration — Using Variables to Their Fullest 6. Part 2 – Modularity and Objects
7. Chapter 5: Functions — Making Code Modular and Maintainable 8. Chapter 6: Object-Oriented Programming — Reducing, Reusing, and Recycling Code 9. Chapter 7: OOP — The Power of Objects 10. Part 3 – Software Engineering for PLCs
11. Chapter 8: Libraries — Write Once, Use Anywhere 12. Chapter 9: The SDLC — Navigating the SDLC to Create Great Code 13. Chapter 10: Advanced Coding — Using SOLID to Make Solid Code 14. Part 4 – HMIs and Alarms
15. Chapter 11: HMIs — UIs for PLCs 16. Chapter 12: Industrial Controls — User Inputs and Outputs 17. Chapter 13: Layouts — Making HMIs User-Friendly 18. Chapter 14: Alarms — Avoiding Catastrophic Issues with Alarms 19. Part 5 – Final Project and Thoughts
20. Chapter 15: Putting It All Together — The Final Project 21. Chapter 16: Distributed Control Systems, PLCs, and Networking 22. Assessments 23. Index 24. Other Books You May Enjoy

Index

As this ebook edition doesn't have fixed pagination, the page numbers below are hyperlinked for reference only, based on the printed edition of this book.

A

abstraction 133

access specifiers 130

acknowledgment variable 311, 312

ADR operator 27

Agile methodology 176

alarm acknowledgment 299-301

alarm banner 288

setting up 289

alarm groups 286

setting 286-288

alarm HMI components 288

alarm banner 288

alarm table 288

alarms 282

configuration 283-285

issue/warning, reflecting 283

using 282

alarm table 288

setting up 290, 291

alarm table variables 314

arguments 99, 100

default arguments 102, 103

named parameters 100, 101

arrays 71

declaring 71, 72

generating 72

initialized arrays 73, 75

investigating 71

multidimensional arrays 71, 75

Artificial Intelligence (AI) 3

Auto Declare tool 68

used, for declaring variables 68, 69

B

bad comments 36

bidirectional...

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Authors (1)

Profile icon Mason White
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M.T. White has been programming since the age of 12. His fascination with robotics flourished when he was a child programming microcontrollers such as Arduinos. M.T. currently holds an undergraduate degree in mathematics, a master's degree in soft ware engineering, and is currently working on an MBA in IT project management. M.T. is currently working as a soft ware developer for a major US defense contractor and is an adjunct CIS instructor at ECPI University. His background mostly stems from the automation industry where he programmed PLCs and HMIs for many different types of applications. M.T. has programmed many different brands of PLCs over the years and has developed HMIs using many different tools.
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