Research Article

A Methodology for an FPGA Implementation of a Programmable Logic Controller to Control an Atomic Layer Deposition System

Table 1

Dictionary of ladder logic functions with their Verilog equivalents.

LD functionLD XMLVerilog text

andand&&
oror
NO contactxic(a)a
NC contactxio(a)!a
Comparator ≥GEQ(a, b)(ab)
Comparator ==EQu(a, b)(a==b)
One shots relayONS(a)(a&&!prev_a)
FB timerTON()Timer()
FB counterCTU()Counter()