We’ve had a lot of questions about the different PLC Data Types & Data Structures over the last few months. Working with the basic structures in ladder logic is straightforward for some, but challenging for many.
An INT and a DINT are the next structures we’ll explore. An INT, as the name suggests, is used to hold an integer. The structure within a PLC can be broken down into 16 distinct booleans which correlates to the fact that an integer is 16 bits.
Now that you’ve convinced that arrays are great, let’s go over their definition within PLCs.
Understanding data structures and constructs within PLC programming, or any other software language, is critical. By properly leveraging these basic structures, programmers create efficient logic which relies on functions available within the programming environments.