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7.23.1 SWITCHED INPUTS AND OUTPUTS

The Obvious:

A PLC is just a computer. We must get information in so that it may make decisions and have outputs so that it can make things happen.

Inputs:

Switches - Contact, deadman, etc. all allow a voltage to be applied or removed from an input.

Relays - Used to isolate high voltages from the PLC inputs, these act as switches.

Encoder - Can keep track of positions. etc.