This text emphasizes the Allen Braldley SLC 500 PLC and covers all three Allen Bradley PLC's (PLC 5, SLC 500 and Control Logix). As a result, it is the most comprehensive PLC text available. The primary focus of the text is "ladder logic programming", but chapters on switches, sensors, output actuators, process control, industrial networks and three other PLC languages (function block diagrams, structure text, and sequential function charts) are also included. 624 pp.

Programmable Logic Controllers - Table of Contents:

• Introduction to programmable logic controllers
• Input devices and output actuators
• Introduction to PLC programming
• Programming timers
• Programming counters
• Arithmetic and move instructions
• Conversion and comparison instructions
• Program control instructions
• Indirect and indexed addressing
• Data handling instructions and shift register
• PLC sequencer functions
• Analog sensors and control systems
• PLC standard IEC 61131-3 function block diagrams
• Intermittent and continuous process control
• PLC standard IEC 61131-3 structured text language
• PLC standard IEC 61131-3 sequential function chart
• Industrial networks and distributive control