Iec 61131-3 Programming Industrial Automation Systems: Concepts and Programming Languages, Requirements for Programming Systems, AIDS to Decision-Making Tools

Rating:
Summary: Not a good source for specifics of IEC 61131-3.
Review: This book is more of a general programming guide using IEC 61131-3. That's o.k. except the name implies an emphasis on industrial automation systems yet many of the examples in the book aren't examples of the typical IA system.

I was hoping for more of a detailed outline of each language in IEC 61131-3. I would have liked to have seen a composite list of each type of block available in FBD. Instead, this book uses examples of different aspects of each language and how you can leverage the power as a whole.

As a general programming book it's average. The authors try to convey what they feel is a better way to program but to each his own. It's not the way *I* program.

I don't see a real value in this book (especially for the price) because a person who is tasked to program in one of the IEC 1131 languages had better already have a good idea how to build code.