A State Machine Architecture Optimized For Sequential Control
Robert M. Laurie, Paul H. Lewis · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 1987
State transition techniques have shown the greatest potential as a synthesis technique for sequential control; however, to maximize the efficiency of these techniques, a new programmable controller software architecture must be developed. The sequential controller design described in this paper utilizes a state machine and state table architecture. The sequential controller is capable of implementing control algorithms based on either Petri net, state transition diagram, or functional state table descriptions.