Title :
The use of IEC 61131-3 to enhance PLC control and Matlab/Simulink process simulations
Author :
Pereira, A. ; Lima, C. ; Martins, J.F.
Author_Institution :
FCT/UNL, CTS/UNINOVA, Lisbon, Portugal
Abstract :
This paper proposes a IEC 61131-3 compliant translation methodology to emulate any PLC control program in the Matlab/Simulink environment. The developed methodology translates the PLC control program into Matlab/Simulink software language through the use of the IEC 61131-3 standard. Any IEC 61131-3 compliant PLC control program is translated into a Matlab/Simulink compatible m-file, within the Matlab/Simulink environment, containing the correspondent PLC control program translation. This file will be called as a Matlab function, within the Matlab/Simulink environment, and will control the model of the industrial process as long as the simulation runs. For the moment, this tool is being evaluated as a teaching tool for process automation classes.
Keywords :
IEC standards; control engineering computing; process control; production engineering computing; program interpreters; programmable controllers; IEC 61131-3 compliant translation methodology; IEC 61131-3 standard; Matlab function; Matlab-Simulink software language; PLC control program; industrial process control; process automation; programmable logic controller; Automation; Education; IEC standards; Industries; Integrated circuit modeling; Mathematical model; Process control;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics (ISIE), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Gdansk
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9310-4
Electronic_ISBN :
Pending
DOI :
10.1109/ISIE.2011.5984336
