Industrial automation

Industrial automation

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Linearity

Automation; Industrial automation

A measure of how closely a characteristic follows a straight-line function.

Module (hardware)

Automation; Industrial automation

An interchangeable plug-in item within a larger (modular) assembly.

Dead band

Automation; Industrial automation

The range of values through which a system input can be varied, upon reversal of direction, without causing a corresponding change in system output.

1) I/O connected to a processor across a backplane or a parallel link, thus limiting its distance from the processor. See extended local I/O and processor-resident local I/O 2) Contrasted with remote ...

Bandwidth

Automation; Industrial automation

The range of frequencies over which a system is designed to operate. The bandwidth is expressed in Hertz between the highest and lowest frequencies.

PLC controller

Automation; Industrial automation

1) An Allen-Bradley programmable controller. 2) An Allen-Bradley programmable controller with a name that has the prefix PLC. See programmable controller