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   Relays, Programmable

A relay is an electrical switch that opens and closes under control of another electrical circuit. In the original form, the switch is operated by an electromagnet to open or close one or many sets of contacts. It was invented by Joseph Henry in 1835. Because a relay is able to control an output circuit of higher power than the input circuit, it can be considered, in a broad sense, to be a form of electrical amplifier.

These contacts can be either Normally Open (NO), Normally Closed (NC), or change-over contacts.

  • Normally-open contacts connect the circuit when the relay is activated; the circuit is disconnected when the relay is inactive. It is also called Form A contact or "make" contact. Form A contact is ideal for applications that require to switch a high-current power source from a remote device.
  • Normally-closed contacts disconnect the circuit when the relay is activated; the circuit is connected when the relay is inactive. It is also called Form B contact or "break" contact. Form B contact is ideal for applications that require the circuit to remain closed until the relay is activated.
  • Change-over contacts control two circuits: one normally-open contact and one normally-closed contact with a common terminal. It is also called Form C contact.


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Programmable Logic Controllers
W. Bolton

Excerpt - page 95: "... be achieved by including the contacts of the same internal relay in each of the rungs so that its operation affects ..."
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Programmable Controllers for Factory Automation (Manufacturing Engineering and Materials Processing)
David Johnson

Excerpt - page 28: "... 12 03 SERIES/PARALLEL CIRCUIT Figure 2.8 Diagram of conversion examples; relay to programmable control. ..."
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Automating with STEP 7 in LAD and FBD: SIMATIC S7-300/400 Programmable Controllers
Hans Berger

Excerpt - page 88: "... and variables or to copy entire data areas. The timing relays in contactor control systems are timers in programmable controllers. The timers integrated in the CPU allow you, for ..."
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Automating with STEP 7 in STL and SCL: SIMATIC S7-300/400 Programmable Controllers
Hans Berger

Excerpt - page 91: "... a timer of the time value. The timers are to programmable controllers what timing relays are to contactor controls and timers are to electronic switching ..."
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Programmable Controllers: An Engineer's Guide, Third Edition (Programmable Controllers)
E. A. Parr

Excerpt - page 24: "... 24 Programmable Controllers te) Plant supply Stop Start Switch Permit relay Limit switch Limit switch Local stop Motor tripped (b) Figure ..."
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Field-Programmable Gate Arrays:: Architectures and Tools for Rapid Prototyping. Second International Workshop on Field-Programmable Logic and Applicat (Texts and Monographs in Physics)
Herbert Gr]nbacher, Reiner W. Hartenstein, and H. Grunbacher

Excerpt - page 53: "... two types of cells in an ORCA FPGA. One is Programmable Logic Cells (PLCs), which contain ... of a chip; these cells relay signals between pads and PLCs. Although an ORCA chip contains ..."
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Simplifying cyclotron safety: Programmable safety systems eliminate excessive wiring of hard-wired relays. (RevisionX).: An article from: Designfax
Stephanie Goach

Programmable Devices and Systems 2003: A Proceedings Volume from the 6th Ifac Workshop, Ostrava, Czech Republic, 11-13 February 2003
V. Srovnal and K. Vlcek

Excerpt - page 7: "... I/O group, Software PLC, LAD 1. INTRODUCTION Since the 80's Programmable Logic Controllers were used with a grate success in the domain of industrial controllers. They have replaced relay control systems, analogue regulators and even minicomputers. New ideas and ..."
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Field-Programmable Logic and Applications: 5th International Workshop, Fpl '95, Oxford, United Kingdom, August 29-September 1, 1995 : Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
Will Moore and Wayne Luk

PIC Microcontrollers, Second Edition: An Introduction to Microelectronics
Martin P. Bates

Excerpt - page 256: "... be used to implement control systems, which includes: ectromechanical relays >programmable logic controllers ..."
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Industrial Refrigeration Handbook
Wilbert F. Stoecker

Excerpt - page 473: "... followed by electricians. Means of executing ladder diagrams include electromechanical relays, programmable controllers, and computer controllers. Instruments providing visual indications (pressure gauges, ..."
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Integrated Design and Operation of Water Treatment Facilities
Susumu Kawamura

Excerpt - page 51: "... timers, analytical instruments, controller, and control logic devices such as relays or programmable controllers; and remote control over plant operations while on the ..."
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Cities in Civilization: Culture, Innovation, and Urban Order (Phoenix Giants S.)
Peter Hall

Excerpt - page 487: "... also moved into computers: in October 1954, the company's first programmable relay-based computer FACOM 100 (Fuji Automatic Computer) was completed for the ..."
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Time-Saver Standards for Landscape Architecture
Charles W. Harris and Nicholas T. Dines

Excerpt - page 43: "... traffic signals 2. A series of step switches and timing relays 3. Programmable solid-state logic modules 4. Computers of varying capacities Each of ..."
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Building Systems for Interior Designers
Corky Binggeli

Excerpt - page 229: "... connect or disconnect a load. Intelligent panelboards are compact, centralized programmable microprocessors that provide electrical load ... functions. The elimination of remote relays, relay panels, programmable time switches, and remote-control switches, and the ..."
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Water Treatment Principles and Design
James M. Montgomery

Excerpt - page 605: "... of sensors, switches, timers, instruments, controllers, and control logic devices (relays, programmable controllers) to automatically control the process and/or equipment. Examples of ..."
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Standard Handbook for Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineers
Mark Davies

Excerpt - Index: "... 12.102, 12.101 extended twin operations (ETOPS) and, 18.79, 18.80 Auxiliary relays, programmable logic control (PLC), 6.128, 6.129 Availability, 3.73 Averages, 2.52-2.53 AVGAS, ..."
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Handbook for Sound Engineers, Third Edition
Glen Ballou

Excerpt - page 317: "... be furnished to this timer, as shown in Fig. 13-19E Programmable Time Delay Relay. Programmable time delay relays are available where the time and ..."
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Building a Straw Bale House: The Red Feather Construction Handbook
Nathaniel Corum and Jane Goodall

Excerpt - page 142: "... located at an appropriate central location. However a 24 volt programmable thermostat and relay (to operate the pump) can be very useful for automatic ..."
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Industrial Burners Handbook
Jr., Charles E. Baukal

Excerpt - page 291: "... that if it fails, the voltage is interrupted to the relay and the programmable logic controller (PLC). The PLC will then shut down the ..."
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The John Zink Combustion Handbook
Jr., Charles E. Baukal and Charles E. Jr. Baukal

Excerpt - page 540: "... in a packaged flame safeguard module, a series of electromechanical relays, a programmable logic controller (PLC), or a distributed control system (DCS). At ..."
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Fundamentals of Metal Machining and Machine Tools (Manufacturing Engineering and Materials Processing)
Geoffrey Boothroyd

Excerpt - page 323: "... reprogrammed for new tasks and products. Two basic forms of programmable automation exist: program sequence control ... operations is controlled by timers, relays, or programmable controllers. The actual motions are limited by preset ..."
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Handbook for Sound Engineers: The New Audio Cyclopedia
Glen M. Ballou

Excerpt - page 389: "... furnished to this timer, as shown in Fig. 14-21F. 14.2.6.7 Programmable Time Delay Relay Programmable time delay relays are available where the time and ..."
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Warehouse Distribution and Operations Handbook (McGraw-Hill Handbooks)
David E. Mulcahy

Excerpt - page 619: "... rack surface. The electrical equipment of a system consists of relays, solenoids, programmable controllers, microprocessor, minicomputer, magnetic tapes, video displays, horns, whistles, start-stop ..."
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Handbook of Jig and Fixture Design
William E. Boyes

Excerpt - page 880: "... controlled by means of proximity switches, pressure switches, solenoid valves, relays, programmable controllers, and the machine computer control. In a system such ..."
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Materials Handling Handbook, 2nd Edition
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), International Material Management Society (IMMS), and Editor-in-Chief Raymond A. Kulwiec

Excerpt - page 410: "... used. A selection of control hardware must be made between relays, programmable controllers, microcomputers, computers, or some combination of these. Fig. 9.6.31 ..."
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Linux Toys: 13 Cool Projects for Home, Office and Entertainment
Christopher Negus and Chuck Wolber

Excerpt - page 114: "... this board. For this project, we use the board's eight programmable DPDT relays to control the toy cars. Essentially, we are turning the ..."
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Control Techniques' Drives & Controls Handbook (Iee Power & Energy Series, 35)
William Drury

Excerpt - page 151: "... an inverter provide the following functionality: number of programmable digital inputs and outputs . e or more programmable relays nnections for serial communications with the drive + DB ..."
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Maynard's Industrial Engineering Handbook
Kjell B. Zandin and Harold B. Maynard

Excerpt - page 2089: "... tape and/or instructions directly from a computer. 7. Control and programmable controllers. Instead of panels of relays as in the past, programmable controllers (PCs) are now used ..."
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Who Invented the Computer? The Legal Battle That Changed Computing History
Alice Rowe Burks and Douglas R. Hofstadter

Excerpt - page 363: "... in this development: By the mid-thirties Zuse already had a programmable relay machine working satisfactorily in Germany. The next step was a ..."
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Practical Machinery Safety (Practical Professional Books from Elsevier)
David Macdonald

Excerpt - page 17: "... ensuring safety. Similar possible problems arise with the circuits and relays or programmable controllers that may be used in linking the limit switch ..."
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Sensitivity of Automatic Control Systems
Efim Rozenwasser and Rafael Yusupov

Excerpt - page 291: "... that if it fails, the voltage is interrupted to the relay and the programmable logic controller (PLC). The PLC will then shut down the ..."
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Emergency and Security Lighting
Gerard Honey

Excerpt - page 119: "... other. This can be done by basic interfaces such as relays or by programmable outputs that are dedicated to other functions. There will also ..."
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Electronic Troubleshooting
Daniel R. Tomal, Neal S. Widmer, Daniel Tomal, and Neal Widmer

Excerpt - page 99: "... be matched with that of the operating device. Many motor relays contain self-adjusting setscrews that can ... is the motor logic plus programmable electronic overload relay. This relay provides programmable control functions for ..."
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Power Quality
C. Sankaran

Excerpt - page 19: "... heating loads, electromechanical relays II Moderate immunity Electronic ballasts, solid-state relays, programmable logic controllers, adjustable speed drives Ill Low immunity Signal, communication, ..."
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Instrumentation Handbook for Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants
Robert G. Skrentner

Excerpt - page 278: "... Control System Applications Control Function Process Control System Discrete Mechanical relays Programmable logic controllers Open loop Self-contained, single loop controllers Pushbuttons and ..."
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