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Industrial automation · manufacturing · OT — updated 2026-09-25

Ladder Logic (LD)

Relay-style graphical PLC language.

IEC 61131-3 graphical language that mimics relay ladder schematics: rungs of contacts and coils evaluated left to right, top to bottom. Still the most widely understood PLC language among maintenance electricians.

See also: IEC 61131-3 · PLC

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