PLC beginner... needs little help
PLC beginner... needs little help
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Hello everyone,
I'm really interested in playing with PLCs, i'm thinking of picking up a TECO GENIE II SG2, its relatively inexpensive. As for the power supply, instead of buying the TECO power supply, can I just use my laptop power adapter or a simple plugin 110VAC to 24VDC converter (like router power supply, only that is 12V) and use it with a DC Female Converter from ebay (the one in the picture)?
In the installation instructions it also recommends that you use a surge absorber, can you recommend any please.
I'm also open to other micro-controllers or other low cost PLC/PLR/PLD/PIC
Thank you
I'm really interested in playing with PLCs, i'm thinking of picking up a TECO GENIE II SG2, its relatively inexpensive. As for the power supply, instead of buying the TECO power supply, can I just use my laptop power adapter or a simple plugin 110VAC to 24VDC converter (like router power supply, only that is 12V) and use it with a DC Female Converter from ebay (the one in the picture)?
In the installation instructions it also recommends that you use a surge absorber, can you recommend any please.
I'm also open to other micro-controllers or other low cost PLC/PLR/PLD/PIC
Thank you





RE: PLC beginner... needs little help
TygerDawg
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RE: PLC beginner... needs little help
24VDC is 24VDC, where it comes from is irrelevant. But you have to be careful about the CAPACITY of the power supply. You may find that the cheap little "wall wart" style plug-in PS units have inadequate power capability to do anything real with them. Bit twiddling inside of a router is not tough duty, so those little wall warts don't need to be very capable.
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RE: PLC beginner... needs little help
RE: PLC beginner... needs little help
The DL05 software costs about $300. The Click is a fine little PLC that has a nice programming tool that will simulate its operation nicely. I happen to be programming one just now and took a break to check Eng-Tips just now.
Anyway the Click development tool is free and downloadable.
Keith Cress
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