This course is your gateway to PLC programming! You’ll start without any background and end up creating your own PLC programs using ladder logic, while working with popular software. It’s all about building your skills step by step, making learning fun and practical.
This course will give a person with no prior experience the basic tools necessary to create a PLC program from scratch.
This course (which almost ALWAYS costs less on PLC Dojo) is designed to equip the novice with no prior PLC programming experience with the basic tools necessary to create a complete PLC program using ladder logic common to most current platforms.
Using the Rockwell software RSLogix 500 and FactoryTalk View Studio, we will be covering such topics as general controls, digital and analog IO, ladder logic programming, alarm / notification handling, HMI, emulation, best practices and more.
In the end, we will go through an entire, working PLC program and HMI line by line to solidify comprehension of the learning objectives.
What's covered in each of the five PLC courses I teach here and on my own PLC Dojo site?
This course, (PLC Fundamentals) teaches you how to program with the focus on ladder logic, which is the most popular PLC programming language. The goal is to teach you everything you need to know to make a PLC do what you want it to do. You are also given all the software necessary to both CREATE and RUN your own programs live - right on your own computer. For some people, that's all they really need.
But for the people who want to really master PLC programming, they have the option of continuing into the advanced material with me.
Applied Logic (Level 2) forces you to take what you've learned and solve problem after progressively harder problem unassisted. You get a spec and are told simply: "Make it work, and don't progress until you have." After, you get to watch me solve each one as well. By the end, you don't just know how to program - you are a PROGRAMMER.
Process Visualization (Level 3) gives you both knowledge and experience in FIVE different HMI / SCADA development environments. By the end, you've created several COMPLETE visualization (screen) projects that you can actually run on your own computer (and SHOW PEOPLE in an interview) with no additional hardware.
IEC Paradigms (Level 4) is only for the heavyweights. This course teaches you how to program using all five IEC programming languages (plus one more) in multiple environments. There are projects as well, so by the end, you have seen it all and DONE it all as well. There won't be anything anybody can show you that you won't already be familiar with.
TIA Portal Master Project (Level 5) is the culmination of everything. In that course, you'll program an entire power plant using all five PLC programming languages (in PARALLEL!) with a full HMI. It's a massive and complex project that really showcases your talents in an interview!
By the end of this course, you will be able to create a PLC program from scratch.
The primary and overall objective of this course is to give a novice an understanding of PLC programming, ladder logic, and the inner workings of a standard HMI (Human-Machine Interface).
Students will learn the difference between digital and analog signals and how to bring them into a PLC, process them, and send them back out.
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My PLC courses cost LESS on PLC Dojo. By degree, I'm an MBA, however after a few years on the road full-time as a management consultant, I fell into and in love with engineering. My PLC / HMI experience includes projects from $10k up to about $40m, primarily within the realm of chemical processing and filtration. I am competent programming...
Still on level one but am enjoying the teaching style. Top tier stuff!
Paul knows his stuff, his method DID work, sorry I doubted you, Paul. Great lecture!
Paul, the way you lay down the foundation for learning PLC is interesting, and you make learning new skills fun and enjoyable.
This was just what I needed, as someone who had limited knowledge of electrical components and even less experience with programming. Paul's comprehensive and friendly approach has given me the confidence to take my first solo steps without fear of falling on my face.
its good to use in blinking device,or controls the disco and signal ,christmas lights
HMI part there isn't a way to tell us where to download the software. i check the website of AB and i couldn't find. and there isn't a prepare teaching the HMI.
Paul is very instructional so far and in depth with his explanations in not only instructions, but step by step procedures on how to conform to his training seminars. I can't wait to learn more!
I really enjoyed this course. I started out knowing nothing about PLC programming and now understand how ladder logic works. The greatest thing is that I learned how build a program correctly and professionally. I can't wait to take the next course. I love a challenge and I'm very excited.
great courses and easy to follow.
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Mostafa
From the start I fell that the course is well organized, and it takes your level up step by step without any complexities.