Research ArticleOpen accessPhrase in the titleCustom Design of an Analogue Input Digital Output Interface Card for Small Size PLCsMohammad A.K. AliaThis paper describes the design and implementation of an interface card (IC) with analogue input and digital output, designed for use with small size PLCs, which do not support interface features. The absence of generic I/O interface modules due to the differences in PLCs design and software, validates the importance of such work. The IC costs about one third of … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 7 · 31 Jul 2007 · 6,442 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsUsing PLC for Custom-design of a PID/PWM Program to Control a Heater TemperatureMohammad A.K. AliaThis is a practical approach to control a continuous-time process variable (temperature) using a discrete controller (PLC) and a custom-designed software control algorithm and hardware interface, in a closed-loop system. Unlike the conventionally known technique of transforming a digital control action into a proportional analogue one by a D/A converter followed by power amplifier, the control action was formed internally … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 5 · 31 May 2007 · 7,662 accessesView PDFCite