An Industrial Process Control Studio (IPCS) Development Tool: The IEC 61131-3 Model Capture Features

Author

Ngalamou, Lucien ; Myers, Leary

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of the West Indies, St. Augustine

fYear

2006

Firstpage

2874

Lastpage

2878

Abstract

We present in this paper the model capture module of an industrial process control studio development tool dedicated to industrial control and process automation. It is through this module that the user is given an avenue to capture or model relevant abstract control problems for rapid prototyping on programmable logic controllers (PLCs) as well as embedded microprocessor systems or even FPGA-based controllers. The model capture tool is a reconfigurable IDE (integrated development environment) that can be used to model a control application using one of the five different PLC programming languages (ladder diagram, sequential function chart, function logic block, structured text, and instruction list) defined by the IEC 61131-3 standard

Keywords

control engineering computing; process control; programmable controllers; rapid prototyping (industrial); FPGA-based controller; IEC 61131-3 model capture feature; PLC programming language; embedded microprocessor system; industrial process control studio development tool; integrated development environment; model relevant abstract control; process automation; programmable logic controller; rapid prototyping; Automatic control; Automation; Computer languages; Electrical equipment industry; IEC standards; Industrial control; Microprocessors; Process control; Programmable control; Prototypes; IEC 61131 Programming Languages; Industrial Control; Model Capture; Process Automation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

SICE-ICASE, 2006. International Joint Conference

Conference_Location

Busan

Print_ISBN

89-950038-4-7

Electronic_ISBN

89-950038-5-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SICE.2006.314858

Filename

4108136