JohnRatHolten
Member
Hey All,
I'm looking for a simple "can this guy read logic or not" kind of test.
Here's the scenario;
I'm the "controls" guy in a manufacturing facility maintenance shop,
I'm kind of the lead sparky (I use to take offense to that term, but hey,
it is what it is, I'm not an EE, and I don't get to spend all my time programming,
but I have been working around controls for over 25 years, and think
(hope) I know a little bit).
Seems like every few months the maintenance manager comes through
the shop, giving some prospective "new guy" a tour, and inevitably they stop
by my workbench for an introduction...... and of course, he knows all about
PLC's and stuff.....
I thought it would be interesting to have some sort of simple logic diagram,
maybe just 8 or 10 rungs of basic binary ladder functions (no FB's or math
so it would be applicable to any programming language), but involved enough
that it makes you think......
I could hand the guy this drawing and say,
"okay, if you enable input 1, what happens"?
Can the guy read logic or not?
I started to make something up, but I have a hard time being objective about it,
I wrote it, so I know how it works, but is it meaningful?
Anybody out there got anything like this?
Regards
JohnR
I'm looking for a simple "can this guy read logic or not" kind of test.
Here's the scenario;
I'm the "controls" guy in a manufacturing facility maintenance shop,
I'm kind of the lead sparky (I use to take offense to that term, but hey,
it is what it is, I'm not an EE, and I don't get to spend all my time programming,
but I have been working around controls for over 25 years, and think
(hope) I know a little bit).
Seems like every few months the maintenance manager comes through
the shop, giving some prospective "new guy" a tour, and inevitably they stop
by my workbench for an introduction...... and of course, he knows all about
PLC's and stuff.....
I thought it would be interesting to have some sort of simple logic diagram,
maybe just 8 or 10 rungs of basic binary ladder functions (no FB's or math
so it would be applicable to any programming language), but involved enough
that it makes you think......
I could hand the guy this drawing and say,
"okay, if you enable input 1, what happens"?
Can the guy read logic or not?
I started to make something up, but I have a hard time being objective about it,
I wrote it, so I know how it works, but is it meaningful?
Anybody out there got anything like this?
Regards
JohnR