Analyze electrical control circuits; model, analyze, and control dynamic systems; and configure PLCs (programmable logic controllers) for application in industrial automation with the on-campus ...

The torque profiles, electrical draws, and other parameters associated with the motion are then available in an automation design environment for sizing the motors and servos and determining the logic ...

THE use of function blocks for programming of programmable logic controllers (PLCs) is gaining wider acceptance. Rather than the classic “contact and coil” representation of ladder diagram or relay ...

With the increased complexity of products and production design, which includes the integration of software, electronics with mechanical and electrical components (mechatronics), there is a growing ...

In my opinion, the drawbacks to ladder logic are lack of a large internet community, reduced expressivity, and code execution paradigm different from any other programming language.

Meet Primo: a physical programming interface that teaches children programming logic while they control the movements of an Arduino-powered robot. All of Primo's electronics are concealed inside ...