PART 0: Theory Behind PLC Programming (PDF)

In this book (PART 0) we cover the basic theoretical premises needed for PLC programming (Siemens S7-1500 & S7-1200, TIA Portal). It is meant to support all the other books. Read this book first or read individual chapters that correspond to a specific topic in the other books (from PART1 to PART 8). This book will help you understand why you are required to perform a specific task while preforming exercises (examples).

Table of Content:

• LESSON 1: THE SIEMENS ECOSYSTEM
  
• TOPIC 1: Industrial devices
  
• SISTEM OVERVIEW
• MACHINE/SYSTEM/PROCESS
• SENSOR/CONTROLS
• INPUTS
• SIGNALLING/ACTUATORS
• OUTPUTS
• CONTROL
• VISUALISATION
• HIGH LEVEL CONTROL AND VISUALISATION
• SAFETY
• TOPIC 2: Industrial networks and communication protocols
• NETWORK OVERVIEW
• THE MPI NETWORK
• THE DP NETWORK
• THE PN/IE NETWORK
• HMI COMMUNICATION
• S7 COMMUNICATION
• TOPIC 3: Siemens devices
• SIEMENS DEVICES OVERVIEW
• SIEMENS PLCs
• SIEMENS DIGITAL INPUT CARDS
• SIEMENS DIGITAL OUTPUT CARDS
• SIEMENS ANALOG INPUT CARDS
• SIEMENS ANALOG OUTPUT CARDS
• SIEMENS DISTRIBUTED IO
• SIEMENS HMIs
• TOPIC 4: Siemens PLCs
• PLC REPRESENTATION
• THE PLC CYCLE
• LESSON 2: DATA STRUCTURES AND DATA TYPES
• TOPIC 5: Data structures
  
• TOPIC 6: Data types
  
• ELEMENTARY DATA TYPE: BOOL, BYTE, WORD, DWORD, LWORD
• ELEMENTARY DATA TYPE: SINT, USINT, INT, UINT
• ELEMENTARY DATA TYPE: REAL, LREAL
• ELEMENTARY DATA TYPE: CHAR, WCHAR
• DATA STRUCTURES AND DATA TYPES
• COMPLEX DATA TYPE: STRING, WSTRING
• COMPLEX DATA TYPE: ARRAY
• COMPLEX DATA TYPE: STRUCT
• COMPLEX DATA TYPE: UDT
• LESSON 3: BOOLEAN LOGIC
• TOPIC 7: Boolean algebra
• TOPIC 8: Boolean and binary arithmetic
• LESSON 4: INDUCTION MOTOR AND FREQUENCY CONVERTER
• TOPIC 9: Motor design
• TOPIC 10: Introduction
• GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE PURPOSE OF FQ
• FQ WORKING PRINCIPLE
• FREQUENCY CONVERTERS IN APPLICATIONS
• FQ WORKFLOW
• TOPIC 11: Frequency converter design
• FQ COMPONENTS
• POWER UNIT (PU)
• CONTROL UNIT (CU)
• OPERATOR PANEL (BOP, IOP)
• SIEMENS SINAMICS G120 FAMILY
• TOPIC 12: Frequency converter functionalities
• GENERAL INFORMATION
• MAIN FUNCTIONALITIES
• ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONALITIES