This award-winning textbook covers everything from PLC basics to advanced applications. Full of checklists, charts, and tables, it makes a perfect quick-reference as well as an in-depth study tool. Whether you're already an expert on PLCs or you're just starting out, the problem-solving approach used here is guaranteed to help you succeed.

The book is divided into easy-to-manage segments with clearly defined heads and subjects. Chapter highlights and key-term sections serve as a guide to the whole PLC process. 1035 pp.

Contents include:

• Introduction to Programmable Controllers
• Number Systems and Codes
• Logic Concepts
• Processors, the Power Supply, and Programming Devices
• The Memory System and I/O Interaction
• The Discrete Input/Output System
• The Analog Input/Output System
• Special Function I/O and Serial Communication Interfacing
• Programming Languages
• The IEC 1131 Standard and Programming Language
• System Programming and Implementation
• PLC System Documentation
• Data Measurements and Transducers
• Process Responses and Transfer Functions
• Process Controllers and Loop Tuning
• Artificial Intelligence and PLC Systems
• Fuzzy Logic
• Local Area Networks
• I/O Bus Networks
• PLC Start-Up and Maintenance
• System Selection Guidelines
• Appendices
• Glossary
• Index