Industrial automation

Industrial automation

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Ladder diagram programme

Automation; Industrial automation

A programme written in a format similar to a relay ladder diagram.

Palette

Automation; Industrial automation

In paint programs, a collection of drawing tools, such as geometric shapes, patterns, colors, brush shapes, and line widths, from which the user can choose.

Units of measurement (such as pounds, pounds per square inch, degrees Celsius) relative to the process. An input signal is often a percentage of the full-scale range (such as ±5 Volts, or 4–20mA) of ...

Dc input module

Automation; Industrial automation

An I/O module that contains circuits that convert dc signals from a machine/process switching device to backplane logic level dc signals. By implication, they are direct digital inputs.

Surge-suppression

Automation; Industrial automation

The process of absorbing and clipping voltage transients on an incoming ac line or control circuit. MOVs (Metal-Oxide Varistors) and specially designed R-C networks are usually used to accomplish ...

Offset error

Automation; Industrial automation

1) For A/D conversion, the digital value generated by a zero analogue signal. 2) For D/A conversion, the digital value that generates a zero analogue signal.

Hot backup

Automation; Industrial automation

A programmable controller system configuration consisting of a primary and a backup (secondary) processor. If the primary processor fails, the backup processor takes over operations automatically.