HPR4728: Programmable Logic Controls - Episode 3
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HPR4728: Programmable Logic Controls - Episode 3

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 16, 2026
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This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. -------------------- 01 Introduction This is the third episode in an 8 part series. 02 In the previous episode we covered * The early history of computers in industrial control * The early history of PLCs, including how they got their name * Who the major brands are * What they look like physically * A basic description of the abstract machine architecture * A very brief look at what a...

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This is Hacker Public Radio episode 4728 for Wednesday 16th September 2026. Today's show is entitled, Programmable Logic Controls Episode 3. Is hosted by Whiskey Jack, and is about 34 minutes long. It carries a clean flag.

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The summary is a brief overview of industrial control systems. Introduction This is the third episode in an eight-part series. In the previous episode, we covered the early history of computers in industrial control, the early history of PLCs, including how they got their name, who the major brands

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are, what they look like physically, a basic description of the abstract machine architecture, a very brief look at what a PLC program is like, the scan concept, the main PLC programming languages, the minor PLC programming languages, the relative popularity of each of the programming languages. In this episode, we will begin by taking a look at one of the early PLCs

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