Title :
Architecture of a retargetable ladder logic diagrams tool
Author :
Ngalamou, L. ; Buchanan, L. ; Myers, L. ; Watt, V.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
Abstract :
This paper describes the architecture of a retargetable ladder diagram based software tool for programmable logic controllers (PLCs), which is based on the IEC 611311-3 specification. We propose here another approach of rapid prototyping process control with PLCs. The tool is designed in order to support as much as possible many embedded controller platforms or commercial PLCs. It is a cross-platform ladder logic diagram (LLD) tool enhanced by a specific algorithm that optimizes code-time execution.
Keywords :
IEC standards; data structures; process control; program compilers; programmable controllers; rapid prototyping (industrial); software prototyping; IEC 611311-3 specification; LLD tool; PLC; cross-platform ladder logic diagram; embedded controller platform; programmable logic controller; rapid prototyping process control; retargetable ladder logic diagram tool architecture; software tool;
Conference_Titel :
SICE 2004 Annual Conference
Conference_Location :
Sapporo
Print_ISBN :
4-907764-22-7
