Analoga signaler
Att styra motorhastighet eller temperatur.
Sensorer
Voltmetern
En kontinuerlig signal som representerar variationer i tid eller amplitud.
De är kontinuerliga
Modulär PLC
De kan representera en bredare variation av data.
Understanding analog signals
Unlike digital signals, which can only be in two states (0 or 1), analog signals have a continuous range of values from the minimum to the maximum. They can present what’s between 0 (minimum, for example, 0 V or 4 mA) and 1 (maximum, for example, 5 V, 10 V or 20 mA). When a voltage varies from 0 V to 10 V, or when a current varies from 4 mA to 20 mA, it is called an analog signal. Examples of sensors and transmitters that produce an analog signal output are temperature transmitters, pressure transmitters, and flow transmitters.
converted into digital information first – this is done by the Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) in the analog module of a PLC. One important feature of an analog module is its resolution in bits.
Basically, an 8-bit analog module will have 0 to 254 representing 4 mA to 20 mA or 0 V to 10 V depending on whether the analog signal connected to it is a current or a voltage. A 10-bit analog module will have 0 to 1023 representing 4 mA to 20 mA or 0 V to 10 V. A 12-bit analog module will have 0 to 4095 representing 4 mA to 20 mA or 0 V to 10 V: