Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 Manual page 20

Power segment of the CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP
The CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP can be used for the high-end area of machine and plant
automation.
The CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP offers you the following options:
• Executing STEP 7 blocks of the "standard" user program
• Executing applications that were programmed in C/C++ with the Open Development Kit
ODK
– Run C/C++ code synchronously in the CPU cycle via the CPU function library
– Run C/C++ applications as separate applications parallel to CPU runtime
CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4AX00-1AB0)
Equipment Manual, 07/2021, A5E40882737-AB
Product overview
2.2 Applications of the S7-1500 CPUs
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