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Mastering PLC Programming

By : Mason White
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Mastering PLC Programming

By: Mason White

Overview of this book

Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a new feature of PLC programming that has taken the automation world by storm. This book provides you with the necessary skills to succeed in the modern automation programming environment. The book is designed in a way to take you through advanced topics such as OOP design, SOLID programming, the software development lifecycle (SDLC), library design, HMI development, general software engineering practices, and more. To hone your programming skills, each chapter has a simulated real-world project that’ll enable you to apply the skills you’ve learned. In all, this book not only covers complex PLC programming topics, but it also removes the financial barrier that comes with most books as all examples utilize free software. This means that to follow along, you DO NOT need to purchase any PLC hardware or software. By the end of this PLC book, you will have what it takes to create long-lasting codebases for any modern automation project.
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
1
Part 1 – An Introduction to Advanced PLC Programming
6
Part 2 – Modularity and Objects
10
Part 3 – Software Engineering for PLCs
14
Part 4 – HMIs and Alarms
19
Part 5 – Final Project and Thoughts

Putting It All Together — The Final Project

Congratulations on making it this far in the book. Hopefully, by this point, you have a good grasp of the more advanced concepts of PLC programming and software engineering in general. By this point, you should not only have become a better PLC programmer but also a better software developer in general. Thus far, we have explored OOP, advanced structured text, alarms, HMIs, the SDLC, and much, much more. In all, at this point, if you understand most of the material covered, you’re probably light years ahead of the average automation programmer.

As far as programming and HMI development are concerned, we have reached a point where we can combine all these concepts into a fully working project. This chapter will be unlike the other chapters in this book as we will not be exploring new concepts. Instead, we are going to explore putting the concepts we have learned throughout the book together to make a simulated industrial oven...