IDEC has announced immediate availability of places for its 2012 basic PLC and HMI training course. The idea of the course is to give people with little or no knowledge of PLC and HMI programming, a ...

Learn the most important PLC programming skills for beginners, such as basic concepts, ladder logic, structured text, debugging tools, documentation and testing, and communication and teamwork.

When a PLC is used primarily to replace relays, timers, and counters, it's hard to beat the simplicity and usefulness of ladder diagram programming.Their ability to accept programming ...

This tutorial offers an in-depth introduction into programmable logic controllers (PLCs). The article starts with an overview of the history and the role PLCs in factory automation. The basic ...

The Automation Systems Centre at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) has launched a two-day introductory course covering the basics of PLC programming based on the widely adopted international ...

Research on a basic programming logic controller (PLC) kit designing and creation for teaching in the programmable logic controller course here resulted from the recognition on problems related to the ...

The demise of Instruction List? One thing that hasn’t changed recently with PLC programming languages is that there are still two basic types: textual programming using typed out commands and ...

Students entering the program are expected to have a basic knowledge of PLC ladder logic and PLC wiring. The program emphasizes programming techniques, networking, specialty I/O modules, system ...