【正文】 n intuitive method can be used [1, 5], but for indirect or more plex sequences the intuition can generate a very plicated circuit and signal mistakes. It is necessary to use another method that can save time of the project, make a clean circuit, can eliminate occasional signal overlapping and redundant circuits. The presented method is called stepbystep or algorithmic [1, 5], it is valid for pneumatic and electropneumatic systems and it was used as a base in this work. The method consists of designing the systems based on standard circuits made for each change on the state of the actuators, these changes are called steps. The first part is to design those kinds of standard circuits for each step, the next task is to link the standard circuits and the last part is to connect the control elements that receive signals from sensors, switches and the previous movements, and give the air or electricity to the supply lines of each step. In Figs. 1 and 2 the standard circuits are drawn for pneumatic and electropneumatic system [8]. It is possible to see the relations with the previous and the next steps. 3. The method applied inside the controller The result of the method presented before is a sequence of movements of the actuator that is well defined by steps. It means that each change on the position of the actuators is a new state of the system and the transition between states is called step. The standard circuit described before helps the designer to define the states of the systems and to define the condition to each change between the states. In the end of the design, the system is defined by a sequence that never chances and states that have the inputs and the outputs well defined. The inputs are the condition for the transition and the outputs are the result of the transition. All the configuration of those steps stays inside of the microcontroller and is executed the same way it was designed. The sequences of strings are programmed inside the controller with 5 bytes。 function available on the main program for didactic purposes, the user gives the signal to execute the step. ?LCD display, which shows the status of the system, values of inputs, outputs, timer and statistics of the sequence execution. ?Beep to give important alerts, stop, start and emergency. ? Leds to show power on and others to show the state of inputs and outputs. . Security To make the final application works property, a correct configuration to execute the steps in the right way is needed, but more then that it must offer solutions in case of bad functioning or problems in the execution of the sequence. The controller offers the possibility to configure two internal virtual circuits that work in parallel to the principal. These two circuits can be used as emergency or reset buttons and can return the system to a certain state at any time [2]. There are two inputs that work with interruption to get an immediate access to these functions. It is possible to configure the position, the buttons and the value of timeout of the system. . User interface The sequence of strings can be programmed using the interface elements of the controller. A Computer interface can also be used to generate the user program easily. With a good documentation the final user can use the interface to configure the strings of bytes that define the steps of the sequence. But it is possible to create a program with visual resources that works as a translator to the user, it changes his work to the values that the controller understands. To implement the munication between the puter interface and the controller a simple protocol with check sum and number of bytes is the minimum requirements to guarantee the integrity of the data. . Firmware The main loop works by reading the strings of the steps from the EEPROM memory that has all the information about the steps. In each step, the status of the system is saved on the memory and it is shown on the display too. Depending of the user configuration, it can use the interruption to work with the emergency circuit or timeout to keep the system safety. In ,a block diagram of micro controller main program is presented. 5. Example of electropneumatic system The system is not a representation of a specific machine, but it is made with some mon movements and ponents found in a real one. The system is posed of four actuators. The actuators A, B and C are double acting and Dsingle acting. Actuator A advan