Industrial automation

Industrial automation

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Automation; Industrial automation

A grouping or a number of bits in a sequence that is treated as a unit.

Vertical redundancy cheque (VRC)

Automation; Industrial automation

An error-checking method that adds a cheque or parity bit to each character in a message so the number of 1 bits, including the parity bit, in each character is odd (odd parity) or even (even ...

Data segment

Automation; Industrial automation

The portion of memory or auxiliary storage that contains the data needed by a program.

Cycle

Automation; Industrial automation

1) A sequence of operations that is repeated regularly. 2) The time it takes for one sequence of operations to occur.

Sequential function chart (SFC)

Automation; Industrial automation

A PLC programming method that lets you organise the individual machine operations of your process into steps and transitions. You then use ladder logic to implement the steps and control transitions.