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Input Sensors with PLC: Sinking and Sourcing

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Overview

Learn how to connect wire sensors to PLC using two common methods, sinking and sourcing.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Sinking and sourcing for PLCs
  • What you should know
1. Sinking and Sourcing
  • Introduction to sinking and sourcing
  • Sourcing (PNP) and sinking (NPN) circuits
  • Construction of sourcing (PNP) and sinking (NPN) circuits
  • PNP and NPN sensors overview
  • Wiring a PNP device to a PLC sinking input module
  • Wiring an NPN device to a PLC sourcing input module
  • Using four-wire PNP and NPN sensors
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Zahraa Khalil

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4.7 rating at LinkedIn Learning based on 620 ratings

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