Silver Tier: 30+ Structured Text Micro-Templates

✨ Silver Tier – Structured Text Micro Templates (Mid-Tier)

Unlock your productivity with the Silver Tier: a premium collection of over 30 expertly crafted Structured Text (ST) micro-templates, tailored for PLC programmers, automation engineers, and students transitioning into industrial controls.

Each template is designed with clarity, reusability, and real-world application in mind, helping you accelerate development, reduce errors, and standardize your programming practices. Compatible with CoDeSys v3.5 and most IEC 61131-3-based PLC platforms, these templates integrate seamlessly into your workflow.

NOTE: This set of templates include additional templates on top of the base tier set of templates

📦 What’s Included

• 30+ Structured Text micro-templates, covering:

  • Analog scaling, monitoring, and deadband control

  • Smart pump controllers (lead/lag, alternators, and duplex logic)

  • Motion and position monitoring

  • Signal filtering, debouncing, and sensor health checks

  • Utility functions for arrays, timers, setpoints, and bit-level operations

  • Generators for pulses, sine, square, and velocity ramps

• Organized folder structure with:

  • README.md – Quick usage notes

  • Documentation.md – I/O details, timing behavior, and examples

  • Example.ST – Minimal integration-ready test code

• Full project archive (.projectarchive) for CoDeSys:

  • All FBs and DUTs included

  • A test program for quick simulation and learning

⚙️ Requirements

• CoDeSys v3.5 SP21 or later (64-bit)

• Compatible with major IEC 61131-3 PLCs (Wago, Beckhoff, IFM, SoftPLC, etc.)

• Basic knowledge of Structured Text programming recommended

💡 Why Choose the Silver Tier?

• Save valuable engineering hours with prebuilt, reusable code

• Gain confidence and consistency in project delivery

• Ideal for students, junior engineers, and professionals looking to speed up development while learning best practices

WHAT'S INCLUDED:

1. `FB_AnalogDeadband` – Provides deadband control for real-value signals
2. `FB_AnalogMonitor` – Analog threshold detector for alarms
3. `FB_AnalogScaler` – Scales 4–20mA or 0–10V to engineering units
4. `FB_CircularBufferIF` – Example code to fill a circular buffer with integers – based on IF statemnt
5. `FB_CircularBufferMOD` – Example code to fill a circular buffer with integers – based on MOD operator
6. `FB_CircularBuffEventLog` – Example code to record an event with time stamp into a circular buffer
7. `FB_Debounce` – Filters noisy digital input signals
8. `FB_EStopLadderEmulator` – Simulates latching e-stop logic
9. `FB_LevelSensorControl` – Two-point level control 1
0. `FB_PID_dependent` – Simple PID controller with anti-windup
11. `FB_PositionLimitMonitor` – Monitors a motion axis position and ensures it stays within min and mx limits
12. `FB_PulseGenerator` – Square wave pulse generator
13. `FB_PumpController` – Smart on/off pump control
14. `FB_PumpLeadLagAlternator` – Lead/lag logic for duplex pumps
15. `FB_RisingEdge` – Detects rising edges of a digital input
16. `FB_RollingBufferExtended` – Provides circular buffer for real values with extended real-time statistic features
17. `FB_SensorHealthCheck` – Realtime health monitoring for analog sensor inputs
18. `FB_SineWave` – Utility function provides sine wave to simulate analog inputs
19. `FB_SquareWaveGenerator` – Periodic digital output
20. `FB_TON` – Custom on-delay timer
21. `FB_TorqueMonitor` – Monitors torque feedback
22. `FB_ValveControl` – Controls ON/OFF (open/close) valves
23. `FB_VelocityRampGenerator` – Generates velocity output that ramps smoothly towards a setpoint
24. `FB_WorkstationCycler` – Simple work-cell sequencer
25. `GetScanTime` – Estimates PLC scan time (required by PID FB)
26. `fn_ByteBitMapper` – Utility function designed to simplify bit-level operations on a `BYTE`
27. `fn_FindLowestNum` – Iterates through a dynamic (size) array of integers and finds lowest number
28. `fn_InputValidation` – Validates and constrains input values
29. `fn_MinMaxSearch` – Scans through a real array and finds the min and max values
30. `fn_SetpointOnOff` – Setpoint-based ON/OFF control with hysteresis logic
31. `fn_SysTimeDate2String` – converts a **SysTimeRtc.RTS_SYSTIMEDATE structure** into a **WSTRING**

👉 Made with ❤️ by Hedgetech Systems LLC – created by an engineer for engineers.

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