The PLC UML State-chart design pattern

Author

Racchetti, Lorenzo ; Fantuzzi, Cesare ; Tacconi, Lorenzo ; Bonfe, Marcello

Author_Institution

Univ. degli Studi di Modena e Reggio neli´Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy

fYear

2014

fDate

16-19 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

We developed an UML-State-charts Object Oriented Design Pattern for PLCs IEC61131-3. This PLC UML-State-chart Design Pattern aims to explore the advantage of Object Oriented Programming by IEC61131-3 in PLCs, and to provide a direct map of UML State-chart to PLC code. We illustrates the design pattern and its use through UML Class diagrams and an application example. This Design Pattern can be used to reduce the development time of State-charts in automation software. It can also lead towards further investigations in PLC Design Patterns that may improve the whole development of automation software.

Keywords

IEC standards; Unified Modeling Language; control engineering computing; object-oriented programming; programmable controllers; PLC IEC61131-3; PLC UML state-chart design pattern; UML class diagrams; UML-state-charts object oriented design pattern; automation software; object oriented programming; Actuators; Automation; Engines; History; Object oriented modeling; Software; Unified modeling language;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Emerging Technology and Factory Automation (ETFA), 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Barcelona

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ETFA.2014.7005309

Filename

7005309