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附件1：外文资料翻译译文 PLC的过去、现在与未来 众所周知，科技世界里只有一个永恒真理，那就是变化。这在可编程逻辑控制器（PLC）及其各种应用的发展过程中尤为明显。自从三十多年前将PLC引进以来，PLC已经在广泛的工业领域中成为几十万控制系统的基础。 从本质上讲，PLC是一种用高度专业化语言编程的工业计算机，并继续受益于计算机和信息技术领域的技术进步。它的最突出之处是小型化和通信功能。 微型化的PLC 附件2：外文原文 PLCs --Past, Present and Future Everyone knows theres only one constant in the technology world, and thats change. This is especially evident in the evolution of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and their varied applications. From their introduction more than 30 years ago, PLCs have become the cornerstone of hundreds of thousands of control systems in a wide range of industries. At heart, the PLC is an industrialized computer programmed with highly specialized languages, and it continues to benefit from technological advances in the computer and information technology worlds. The most prominent of which is miniaturization and communications. The Shrinking PLC When the PLC was first introduced, its size was a major improvement - relative to the hundreds of hard-wired relays and timers it replaced. A typical unit housing a CPU and I/O was roughly the size of a 19 television set. Through the 1980s and early 1990s, modular PLCs continued to shrink in footprint while increasing in capabilities and performance (see Diagram 1 for typical modular PLC configuration). In recent years, smaller PLCs have been introduced in the nano and micro classes that offer features previously found only in larger PLCs. This has made specifying a larger PLC just for additional features or performance, and not increased I/O count, unnecessary, as even those in the nano class are capable of Ethernet communication, motion control, on-board PID with autotune, remote connectivity and more. PLCs are also now well-equipped to replace stand-alone process controllers in many applications, due to their ability to perform functions of motion control, data acquisition, RTU (remote telemetry unit) and even some integrated HMI (human machine interface) functions. Previously, these function