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Hello. First I would like to say sorry, I am really new to PLCs. Just yesterday I was on wikipedia reading what they really are. Truth is I am not very knowledgeable at electronics beyond basics. I am however on a crash course right now. The company I work for just got a huge project and the weird stuff got handed to me.

My company requires from me control a vehicle gauge cluster for two minutes. What I mean by that, is that the speed and tach gauge needs to be at any position I want it to be during those two minutes. I also need to control the speed of the transition between those two points. Basically I need to make the gauges seem like they are working on the road for two minutes. I figure I can do that with the PWM output. Is that correct? Can I also do it with the AO? What is the difference between the AO and the PWM?

Also I need to control the steering wheel with a stepper motor for two minutes like the car would be driven. Can someone recommend me a stepper motor and a stepper motor driver for such an application to be controlled by your PLC?

Also is there enough programming space on the device to program all these controls?

Thank you very much and again sorry for my "newbiness"