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One of the things that people working with plc's get confused on is the use of NPN and PNP devices
and connections. Thanks to Terry Woods, for providing a very graphical and detailed explanation
of NPN/PNP.

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Eventually I hope to make this into a video or animation, that will be later though. Hope this helps
someone.

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