You're reading from Industrial Automation from Scratch A hands-on guide to using sensors, actuators, PLCs, HMIs, and SCADA to automate industrial processes

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800569386

Length 492 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Scratch

Tools

Scratch

Concepts

Industrial Internet of Things

Author (1):

Olushola Akande

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Learning the Concepts and Skills Required to Get Started

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Industrial Automation FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Switches and Sensors – Working Principles, Applications, and Wiring

4. Chapter 3: Actuators and Their Applications in Industrial Automation

5. Chapter 4: Overview of AC and DC Motors

6. Chapter 5: Introduction to Variable Frequency Drive (VFD)

7. Chapter 6: Drawing Schematic/Wiring Diagrams Using CAD Software

8. Part 2: Understanding PLC, HMI, and SCADA

9. Chapter 7: Understanding PLC Hardware and Wiring

10. Chapter 8: Understanding PLC Software and Programming with TIA Portal

11. Chapter 9: Deep Dive into PLC Programming with TIA Portal

12. Chapter 10: Understanding Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs)

13. Chapter 11: Exploring Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)

14. Part 3: Process Control, Industrial Network, and Smart Factory

15. Chapter 12: Process Control – Essentials

16. Chapter 13: Industrial Network and Communication Protocols Fundamentals

17. Chapter 14: Exploring Smart Factory (Industry 4.0) with 5G

18. Assessments

19. Index

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2 Switches and Sensors – Working Principles, Applications, and Wiring

Understanding how human being functions will help you understand automation. Having a brain is not enough for a human being to operate. Eyes, ears, touch, and smell are required to provide information about the environment for the brain to process. Similarly, switches and sensors provide information about the environment for a controller to process. The result of processing determines the actions that will be carried out by an actuator, which will be discussed in the next chapter. This chapter is specifically reserved for switches and sensors to enable us to discuss actuators in depth. Just like the eyes, ears, touch, and smell are important for humans to function, switches and sensors are important components that are required to automate an industrial process.

In this chapter, we are going to cover the following main topics: