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5.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting and Unique treatment of PLCs
Although some of the material (such as discussion of the A/B PLC-2) is somewhat dated, the fundamentals of PLCs is covered so well that it more than makes up for this short-coming. Its a well-written book by an author who obviously has a lot of experience in the field. I particularly liked the chapter on sequencers and found the introductory chapters to be very...
Published on May 5, 1999
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Good basic text, but dated material
I've used Simpson to teach PLC basic at a community college in Vancouver, WA. It is a good solid text that covers much of the basics of PLCs and PLC applications. The book does not focus on one PLC brand, but uses programming examples from Modicon, Allen-Bradley and Texas Instruments controllers. Simpson has some good programming examples, but could use more...
Published on February 26, 1999 by Mark Giovannozzi (mandm@pacifi...
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Good basic text, but dated material,
By Mark Giovannozzi (mandm@pacifier.com) (Vancouver, WA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Programmable Logic Controllers (Paperback)
I've used Simpson to teach PLC basic at a community college in Vancouver, WA. It is a good solid text that covers much of the basics of PLCs and PLC applications. The book does not focus on one PLC brand, but uses programming examples from Modicon, Allen-Bradley and Texas Instruments controllers. Simpson has some good programming examples, but could use more. There are two issues I have with the text. The most important is that the information is dated. For example the Allen-Bradey information is all relevant to the PLC-2, a product that was obsoleted not long after the publication date, if not before. (Very confusing for my students who are trying to learn AB SLC-500 addressing which is completely different.) Second, there is very little about I/O types (AC, DC, triac, FET, etc.) and some of the important characteristics of each. If this book were revised with an eye to current industry practices, I would give it a much stronger recomendation.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting and Unique treatment of PLCs,
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This review is from: Programmable Logic Controllers (Paperback)
Although some of the material (such as discussion of the A/B PLC-2) is somewhat dated, the fundamentals of PLCs is covered so well that it more than makes up for this short-coming.Its a well-written book by an author who obviously has a lot of experience in the field. I particularly liked the chapter on sequencers and found the introductory chapters to be very useful as well. |
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Programmable Logic Controllers by Colin D. Simpson (Paperback - August 1, 1993)
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