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Memory Allocation in Siemens PLC-S7 Programming

Research · October 2015

DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.1485.6409

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Memory allocation in Siemens PLC-S7 programming: (Short Abstract)

CPU memory in Siemens S7 consists of three sections:

1) Load Memory
2) Work Memory
3) System Memory

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1- PII, PIQ, and I/Os load in System Memory and sometimes in Work Memory for new processors.
2- Bit Memories (M), Counter, Timer, retentive or non-retentive, and Local Data Stack (L Stack),
which is used to save Temp variables, load in System Memory.
3- Data Block (DB) load in Load Memory, which is a great advantage. This results in the capability
of memory extension with adding a Micro Memory Card (MMC), instead of having an internal
Load Memory.
4- All executions of the logic and data blocks load in Work Memory. Blocks, including Function
Blocks (FB), Function (FC), and Organization Block (OB) and DB, along with system data load
in Load Memory.
5- Non-Volatile Memory: In addition to the aforementioned memory types, there is another
memory section in Siemens CPU called NVRAM, which is programmable and has the capability
to save retentive data.

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