Title :
Virtual lab for programmable logic controllers
Author :
Muñoz, J.A. ; Guzmán, J.L. ; Rodríguez, F. ; Berenguel, M. ; Pawlowski, A.
Author_Institution :
Dipt. de Lenguajes y Comput., Univ. de Almeria, Almeria, Spain
Abstract :
This paper presents a virtual tool for programmable logic controllers (PLC). It provides a friendly graphical environment to perform programming tasks in an easy way and without being necessary to be connected to a PLC. Therefore, the application can be used from everywhere without spatial-temporal constrains. The supported programming languages are those under the IEC 61131 standard and a graphical simulator is also included to test the developed programs.
Keywords :
control engineering computing; programmable controllers; programming languages; IEC 61131 standard; PLC; graphical simulator; programmable logic controllers; programming languages; virtual lab; virtual tool; Computer languages; Education; Educational programs; IEC standards; Java; Operating systems; Programmable control; Programming environments; Programming profession; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation, 2009. ETFA 2009. IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Mallorca
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2727-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1946-0759
DOI :
10.1109/ETFA.2009.5347124
