Anyone else find this video cool/funny?

[Barfo]

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:laugh:

 

[Freshgeardude]

olds law strikes again

404 funny not found.

 

[Barfo]

Originally posted by: Freshgeardude
olds law strikes again

404 funny not found.

I was asking, not stating that it should be funny for everyone.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

I'm not sure what I was looking at, but the bright flashing lights kept me entertained.

 

[mcurphy]

I think it's pretty awesome. A lto of work had to go into that. I've worked with PLC's and Siemens machines before.

 

[Barfo]

Originally posted by: mcurphy
I think it's pretty awesome. A lto of work had to go into that. I've worked with PLC's and Siemens machines before.

:thumbsup:

 

[PottedMeat]

I don't get it - the PLC was playing la cucaracha? or was it responding to the computer playing la cucaracha - the LEDs light up by frequency or beat?

 

[scott916]

What's a PLC?

 

[mcurphy]

Originally posted by: scott916
What's a PLC?

Programmable Logic Controller

 

[PottedMeat]

a programmable logic controller - they have analog/digital inputs and outputs, based on your program and the inputs it controls motors/transducers/etc.

 

[Jeff7]

I've seen two PLCs in my life, and they were fairly small things.

Looks like this is the thing used in the video.


I can't say I've got the slightest idea what the PLC is actually doing in the video though.
I worked with them in schematic form in my Fluid Power class, where they were used to control pneumatic systems. In that sense, they seemed to be little more than a series of programmable switches.