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2. Moore vs Mealy State Machines in PLC Programming


August 29, 2026 JoeGuardian 0

When programmers begin learning state machines, two names appear very quickly:

Moore Machine

Mealy Machine

Both are finite state machine models, but they differ in one very important way:

A Moore machine determines outputs …

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18. Program Control Instructions: JSR, MCR, JMP, and Fault Routine ( 18 of 35 )


August 15, 2026 JoeGuardian 0

In PLC programming, not every instruction directly turns on a motor, counts a box, or starts a timer.

Some instructions are used to control how the PLC program executes.

These are called …

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