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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

Summary

Congratulations—you have now completed all the technical sections of this book! In this chapter, we have explored creating a sample oven. We have built this project using a Waterfall-like methodology, and we have gone through most of the SDLC sections. In this section, we have built the code and HMI for a simulated real-world project. Now, we did find bugs in the code, and you will be responsible for finding bugs and retesting them. There are no right or wrong ways to solve these bugs and test cases; you are free to use your intuition and what we have covered to fix them. If you are completely stuck, I would recommend looking at the questions for a punch list of things to fix and a few more test cases to create. Once you are done with all that, you can move on to the next chapter and explore distributed systems.