Development of virtual machine for Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) by using STEPS™ programming method

Author

Thamrin, Norashikin M. ; Ismail, Mohd Mukhlis

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng., Univ. Teknol. MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia

fYear

2011

fDate

27-28 June 2011

Firstpage

138

Lastpage

142

Abstract

Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) is widely used in manufacturing industries for automation and became one of the essential subjects in the university. Learning theory in class alone is not enough to acquire the knowledge of PLC. Therefore in this paper a PLC Integrated Development Environment (IDE) tool suit is developed to assist students´ learning in the class. It consists of ladder diagram editor, simulator and compiler. It also provides an interactive learning in class as well as hand-on activities for laboratories. This software package is developed using Object Oriented Programming (OOP) language Visual Basic 6 to create a virtual microcontroller environment in simulation process.

Keywords

Visual BASIC; computer aided instruction; control engineering computing; microcontrollers; object-oriented programming; programmable controllers; software packages; virtual machines; OOP; PLC integrated development environment; STEPS programming method; Visual Basic 6; interactive learning; ladder diagram editor; manufacturing industries; object oriented programming language; programmable logic controller; simulation process; software package; virtual machine development; virtual microcontroller environment; Coils; Computational modeling; Integrated circuit modeling; Microcontrollers; Programming; Registers; Software; Programmable Logic Controller; controller; design; ladder diagram; microcontroller; simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Engineering and Technology (ICSET), 2011 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shah Alam

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1256-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSEngT.2011.5993437

Filename

5993437