Design and Evaluation of Sensor Module for Portable Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) Kit for Automated Control Education
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American Society for Engineering Education, 2016. Automated control can be found in almost every sector of the economy. Many automated control applications are integrated into daily life, such as traffic lights, automatic doors, elevators, coffeemakers, automated lighting, and copy machines. In all these applications, sensors are used to provide the signals needed to control the machine or process. It is difficult to teach a control language such PLC programming without knowing how sensors work. This paper describes the design and evaluation of a sensor module (consisting of commonly used industrial sensors) and how this module is integrated with a portable PLC kit to make learning about PLCs and sensors convenient and accessible in the classroom and at home. Students have responded positively to portable PLC kit and informal responses from students suggest the needs to develop sensor module as part of portable PLC kit.
