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fan, an emergency blinking light, a part counter, and a set of three frequency counters using three
different gear diameters. And, because not all I/O on the PLC are utilized, the number of I/O components
is easily expandable.
Figure 3 is a schematic of the wiring diagram for the PLC system components shown in Figure 2. This
figure shows the physical wiring connections made to and from the PLC to the various component loads
that the PLC controls. Note from Figure 3 that a 1796-SIM1500 Input Simulator is used to turn the fan,
red blinking light and 120 VAC powered incandescent bulb (not shown) on and off using simple toggle
switches. In addition, the gear teeth of three separate gears are counted as they are rotated through 24
VDC sourcing connections. Sourcing means that the common side of the 24 VDC circuit is connected to
ground, and voltage in the circuits changes from 0 VDC to 24 VDC every time a tooth passes by each of
the frequency counters. This, in turn, triggers the input side of the PLC connected to each gear to turn to
the 1, ON position, which increases the total count number for each gear every time a tooth passes by the
frequency counter. Also note from Figure 3 that the part-counter shown is wired in a manner similar to
the gear frequency counters. At present, the part counter is not wired completely into the PLC circuit, and
is not included in the ladder logic control program.
Figure 3 – Schematic Diagram of PLC System Components and Wiring
3.0 PLC Demonstration Procedure
The ladder logic control program used to run this demonstration platform is given in Appendix A. Note
that the ladder logic diagram has ten basic control rungs (0 thru 9). Rung 0 is used to turn on an
incandescent light or other 120 VAC load (not shown in Figure 2). This is done either by turning on
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