Ladder diagram programming allows PLCs to perform several different types of tasks, including Boolean logic, timing, counting, arithmetic, and special functions.

Industrial automation technologies have made manufacturing processes increasingly more efficient. Programmable logic controllers (PLCs) are commonly used in industrial automation, and many of these ...

PROGRAMMING METHODS In previous articles, I have discussed ladder logic, which is very much a sort of electronic schematic symbolization of the control system you are designing. This makes programming ...

The debate between programming languages revolves around the necessity of sticking to ladder logic for ease of troubleshooting versus adopting higher-level languages for enhanced functionality and ...

If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to program PLCs — a very marketable job skills in some places — you can now build and simulate ladder logic in your browser.

For PLC programming, U.S control engineers and technicians turn typically to ladder logic, a programming technique that’s been around since the birth of programmable logic controllers, or PLCs, in the ...