Discuss Three Changes Introduced by the IDEA Amendments of 1997

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Essay

Discuss three changes introduced by the IDEA Amendments of 1997.

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Definitions:

Equipment Damage

Refers to physical or functional harm inflicted on machinery or devices, potentially impacting their operation.

Immediate I/O Instruction

In programming, instructions that allow for the direct reading or writing to I/O devices without waiting for program cycle completion.

Program Scan

One of three parts of the PLC scan. During the program scan, the CPU scans each rung of the user program.

Controller Program

A specific set of coded instructions designed to be executed by a machine controller, such as a PLC, to perform specific tasks or operations.