Input/Output Devices
Abstract
This chapter is a brief consideration of typical input and output devices used with PLCs. The many devices considered include digital and analogue devices such as mechanical switches for position detection, proximity switches, photoelectric switches, encoders, temperature and pressure switches, potentiometers, linear variable differential transformers, strain gauges, thermistors, thermotransistors and thermocouples. Output devices considered include relays, contactors, solenoid valves and motors.
Keywords
Input and output devices
This chapter is a brief consideration of typical input and output devices used with PLCs. The input devices considered include digital and analog devices such as mechanical ...
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