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PC vs. PLC
In the late 1980s, PCs have been begun to be
used in automatic industrial control, and this led a
competition between PLCs and PCs. What
distinguishes a PLC from a PC are majorly:
PLCs are constructed for a specific purpose with
a smaller program, whereas PCs perform
general tasks.
PLCs are sequential-type controllers which can
process individual steps in a program in order.
PC vs. PLC
Both PLCs and PCs have their particular strengths
and weaknesses indeed.
In general, what is seen and done in industrial
control of today is that:
PLCs do majority of the control jobs.
PCs handle most of the data and math functions.
PC vs. PLC
PLCs can be programmed, controlled and
operated by a person unskilled in operating
computers.
The PLC can operate any system that has
input/output devices that go on and off ass well
as any system with variable input/outputs.
PLC Configuration
Basic PLCs are available on a
single printed circuit board. They
are sometimes called single
board PLCs or open frame
PLCs.
PLC Configuration
More sophisticated units,
with a wider array of
options, are modularized.
The
modularized
consists of:
PLC
CPU module
Input
and
Output
modules(I/O modules)
A power supply module
Peripheral equipments
Programming Unit
CPU Module:
consists of a
central processing
unit (CPU) which
acts as the brain of
the system and its
memory