Is there a PLC alternative for industry?

Date
2006
Authors
Clark I.
Mostert S.
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Abstract
Microprocessor improvements and cost reductions outpace industrial controllers without widespread industrial acceptance. Programmable logic controller popularity is due to rugged packaging, predictability, reasonable debug capability and widespread familiarity. Equipment life cycles involve machine building, commissioning, on-site upgrading and fault finding. An alternative high-performance platform suitable for development as well as during deployment is proposed for increasingly complex tasks such as high-speed packaging, motion control, robotics, networking and remote visualization that demand faster processors programmed in a common high-level language. Copyright © 2006 IFAC.
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Keywords
Industrial automation, Ladder algorithms, Monitored control systems, Programmable logic controllers, Real-time, Complex task, Equipment life, Fault finding, High-performance platforms, High-speed, Industrial acceptance, Industrial automation, Industrial controllers, Machine building, Monitored control system, Programmable logic, Real-time, Remote visualization, Cost reduction, High level languages, Industry, Programmable logic controllers, Programmed control systems, Robotics, Systems analysis, Visualization, Controllers
Citation
IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)
3
PART 1
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http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/16925
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