Automatic PLC Code Generation Based on Virtual Engineering Model

Jbair, Mohammad; Ahmad, Bilal; Ahmad, Mus'ab H.; Vera, Daniel; Harrison, Robert; Ridler, Tony

doi:10.1109/icphys.2019.8780213

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“…However, in recent years, there has been a growing demand for intricate, sophisticated, and modular PLC programs. The motivation to reduce manual effort in PLC programming promotes several works presenting methods for automated PLC code generation, especially in the manufacturing and production domain [43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51]. In principle, code generation is an implementation of the source code in the concrete syntax of the target code, which matches the semantics of the source code [47,52].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The motivation to reduce manual effort in PLC programming promotes several works presenting methods for automated PLC code generation, especially in the manufacturing and production domain [43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51]. In principle, code generation is an implementation of the source code in the concrete syntax of the target code, which matches the semantics of the source code [47,52]. As Daniel Darvas et al demonstrate [51], code generation can be achieved based on formal methods.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…For example, Vogel-Heuser et al [45] identify three generic approaches to PLC code generation: the templatebased approach, the modular approach, and the parameter-based approach. Based on the template-based approach, function blocks of components can be translated to templates for reusability, which are stored in the code generator library and can be selected by a specified case [46,47]. A modular approach is also a typical approach to intensive reusability of PLC programs.…”

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