PAC工业控制，未来的控制外文文献翻译.docxVIP

山东科技大学学士学位论文 附录 PAC for Industrial Control, the Future of Control For the last decade a passionate debate has raged about the advantages and disadvantages of PLC(programmable logic controllers) compared to PC-based control. As the technological differences between PC and PLC wane, with PLC using commercial of the shelf (COTS) hardware and PC systems incorporating real-time operating systems, a new class of controllers, the PAC is emerging a new acronym created by Automation Research Corporation (ARC), stands for Programmable Automation Controller and is used to describe a new generation of industrial controllers that combine the functionality of a PLC and a PC. The PAC acronym is being used both by traditional PLC vendors to describe their high end systems and by PC control companies to describe their industrial control platforms. The “80-20” Rule During the three decades following their introduction, PLC have evolved to incorporate analog I/O, communication over networks, and new programming standards such as IEC61131-3. However, engineers create 80 percent of industrial applications with digital I/O, a few analog I/O points, and simple programming techniques. Experts from ARC, Venture Development Corporation (VDC), and the online PLC training source PLCS.net estimate that: ? 77% of PLC are used in small applications (less than 128 I/O) ? 72%of PLC I/O is digital ? 80%of PLC application challenges are solved with a set of 20 ladder-logic instructions Because 80 percent of industrial applications are solved with traditional tools, there is strong demand for simple low-cost PLC. This has spurred the growth of low-cost micro PLC with digital I/O that use ladder logic. It has also created a discontinuity in controller technology, where 80 percent of applications require simple, low cost controllers and 20percent relentlessly push the capabilities of traditional control systems. The applications hat fall within