PLC control and Matlab/Simulink simulations. A translation approach

DEE Group Author; João Francisco Alves Martins

doi:10.1109/ETFA.2009.5347138

PLC control and Matlab/Simulink simulations. A translation approach

DEE Group Author, João Francisco Alves Martins

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Abstract

This paper proposes a translation methodology to emulate PLC control program in the Matlab/Simulink environment. The translation package automatically translates the PLC control program into Matlab/Simulink software language. The PLC control program is translated into a Matlab function block, within the Matlab/Simulink environment, that will control the model of the industrial process as long as the simulation runs. The translation package inputs are: the type of PLC, the PLC's number of inputs and outputs and the PLC control program file. The translation package output will be a Matlab/Simulink compatible m-file with the correspondent PLC control program translation. Universidade de E脙锟矫偮縱ora students are successfully using this package, so that they can test their PLC control programs together with Matlab/Simulink process models.

Original language	Unknown
Title of host publication	Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation
Pages	1-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ETFA.2009.5347138
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2009
Event	IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technology and Factory Automation (ETFA 2009) - Duration: 1 Jan 2009 → …

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Conference	IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technology and Factory Automation (ETFA 2009)
Period	1/01/09 → …

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