Extending the Use of PLC Simulator Software in Student Laboratory Works
This paper presents a system that can extend the use of PLC simulator software in real world experiments. The system is composed of a software and a hardware part. The software is designed to monitor the simulator user interface, to provide user-like inputs to this interface and to exchange data wit...
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Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava
2010-02-01
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| description | This paper presents a system that can extend the use of PLC simulator software in real world experiments. The system is composed of a software and a hardware part. The software is designed to monitor the simulator user interface, to provide user-like inputs to this interface and to exchange data with the hardware part. The hardware is used to interface the simulator running on a PC with external input and output devices. Input signals are converted into inputs for the simulated design; outputs from the simulated design are converted into output signals that control output devices connected to the hardware part. The system can work with various types of simulators and can be used in university labs to design and test digital control systems with low to moderate complexity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-efdc5baebe744d2a8147cfd49c8ce4a32022-12-22T01:50:46ZengStefan cel Mare University of SuceavaAdvances in Electrical and Computer Engineering1582-74451844-76002010-02-011018489Extending the Use of PLC Simulator Software in Student Laboratory WorksHABA, C.-G.This paper presents a system that can extend the use of PLC simulator software in real world experiments. The system is composed of a software and a hardware part. The software is designed to monitor the simulator user interface, to provide user-like inputs to this interface and to exchange data with the hardware part. The hardware is used to interface the simulator running on a PC with external input and output devices. Input signals are converted into inputs for the simulated design; outputs from the simulated design are converted into output signals that control output devices connected to the hardware part. The system can work with various types of simulators and can be used in university labs to design and test digital control systems with low to moderate complexity.http://dx.doi.org/10.4316/AECE.2010.01015engineering educationPLC simulation softwarehardware interface |
| spellingShingle | HABA, C.-G. Extending the Use of PLC Simulator Software in Student Laboratory Works Advances in Electrical and Computer Engineering engineering education PLC simulation software hardware interface |
| title | Extending the Use of PLC Simulator Software in Student Laboratory Works |
| title_full | Extending the Use of PLC Simulator Software in Student Laboratory Works |
| title_fullStr | Extending the Use of PLC Simulator Software in Student Laboratory Works |
| title_full_unstemmed | Extending the Use of PLC Simulator Software in Student Laboratory Works |
| title_short | Extending the Use of PLC Simulator Software in Student Laboratory Works |
| title_sort | extending the use of plc simulator software in student laboratory works |
| topic | engineering education PLC simulation software hardware interface |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.4316/AECE.2010.01015 |
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