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PAGE12英语原文：ProgrammablelogiccontrollerAprogrammablelogiccontroller(PLC)orsimplyprogrammablecontrollerisadigitalcomputerusedforautomationofindustrialprocesses,suchascontrolofmachineryonfactoryassemblylines.Unlikegeneral-purposecomputers,thePLCisdesignedformultipleinputsandoutputarrangements,extendedtemperatureranges,immunitytoelectricalnoise,andresistancetovibrationandimpact.Programstocontrolmachineoperationaretypicallystoredinbattery-backedornon-volatilememory.APLCisanexampleofarealtimesystemsinceoutputresultsmustbeproducedinresponsetoinputconditionswithinaboundedtime,otherwiseunintendedoperationwillresult..FeaturesThemaindifferencefromothercomputersisthatPLCarearmoredforseverecondition(dust,moisture,heat,cold,etc)andhavethefacilityforextensiveinput/output(I/O)arrangements.TheseconnectthePLCtosensorsandactuators.PLCreadlimitswitches,analogprocessvariables(suchastemperatureandpressure),andthepositionsofcomplexpositioningsystems.Someevenusemachinevision.Ontheactuatorside,PLCoperateelectricmotors,pneumaticorhydrauliccylinders,magneticrelaysorsolenoids,oranalogoutputs.Theinput/outputarrangementsmaybebuiltintoasimplePLC,orthePLCmayhaveexternalI/OmodulesattachedtoacomputernetworkthatplugsintothePLC.PLCwereinventedasreplacementsforautomatedsystemsthatwouldusehundredsorthousandsofrelays,camtimers,anddrumsequencers.Often,asinglePLCcanbeprogrammedtoreplacethousandsofrelays.Programmablecontrollerswereinitiallyadoptedbytheautomotivemanufacturingindustry,wheresoftwarerevisionreplacedthere-wiringofhard-wiredcontrolpanelswhenproductionmodelschanged.ManyoftheearliestPLCexpressedalldecisionmakinglogicinsimpleladderlogicwhichappearedsimilartoelectricalschematicdiagrams.Theelectricianswerequiteabletotraceoutcircuitproblemswithschematicdiagramsusingladderlogic.Thisprogramnotationwaschosentoreducetrainingdemandsfortheexistingtechnicians.OtherearlyPLCusedaformofinstructionlistprogramming,basedonastack-basedlogicsolver.ThefunctionalityofthePLChasevolvedovertheyearstoincludeseq
