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Sunday, 30 November 2008Automated Manufacturing Systems; PLCs This is a manuscript for a PLC based control system book that is currently being used for teaching an undergraduate controls course EGR 450 - Manufacturing Controls. The course and book focus on the Allen Bradley family of controllers, thus allowing a deeper topic coverage than is normal in PLC books. Status Versions 5.0 and newer of the book are updated to focus on the Allen Bradley ControlLogix controllers. The older book focuses on the PLC-5 and Micrologix platforms and can be found on a copy of the previous page. A Free Book... Please note that the book is available under the GFDL (GNU Free Document License). This permits copying, distribution, modification, etc. without my permission, within the terms of the license. Downloads Version 5.2 (newest) available at the book web site September 30, 2008 Version 5.1 PDF (6MB) April 21, 2008 Version 5.0 PDF (6MB) May 5, 2007 Version 4.9 PDF (6MB) January 12, 2007 Version 4.7 PDF (5.4MB) April 14, 2005 Version 4.6 PDF (5.3MB) December 15, 2004 Version 4.5 PDF (5MB) May 5, 2004 Version 4.2 PDF (5MB) April 3, 2003 Version 4.1 PDF (5.0MB) July 22, 2002 Version 4.0 PDF (4.9MB) March 31, 2002 (HTML) Version 3.1 PDF (4.7MB) November 27, 2001 Version 3 PDF (4.7MB) July 12, 2001 Version 2 PDF (4.5MB) Resources Labguide PDF - updated April 21, 2008 Chapters and Powerpoint slides
