PLC - Normalizing, scaling analog values
Scaling is the process of converting, for example, a voltage or current signal coming from a sensor into a more usable form to match the corresponding unit such as bar, rpm, etc.
The scanned range of 0-10V voltage or 0-20 mA current for analog modules from Siemens (SM 334) values are illustrated in the following. Also can be seen, that 10 V / 20 mA digitalized has the valor of 2764810.
PLC - Normalizing, scaling analog values
These digitized values can be more easily processed in the PLC when they are normalized / scaled. Normalizing (scaling) means converting the integer value (from the analog input 'PIW'), into a real number, which refers to the voltage on the analog input or analog output. For example, measuring a voltage of 0-10 V should correspond to the actual number from 0.0 to 10.0. The algorithm for this conversion is quite simple:
PLC - Scaling analog values
Work order:
Write a program that implements this algorithm.