
This video will be referred to throughout this 2nd video lesson. It will used as an example of approach to developing basic programmable logic-gate control up to and including testing and then running your program in simulation mode. Please view the video first then proceed to the lectures and their related quizzes to get the most out of this lesson. Enjoy! : )
This lecture will provide you with an overview of:
First necessary steps in assessing a system, equipment or a machinery's overall process in order to give you a starting point in designing and writing your program logic.
Reinforce that understanding with the 'Lecture 2 Quiz' that follows..
At the conclusion of this lecture;
We will have learned how steps 3 and 4 can help with making our hardware selection which will allow us to select the right controller.
Also we will have downloaded a free programming software with a workbench so we can then go on to write our programming logic, and a simulator in which we can see our programming skills in action.
This final lecture with it's quiz to follow will give you hands on PLGC programming experience, and test your understanding of the lessons learned. We will still continue to use the 'Applied Logic and Machine Control' video as a template, but we will also introduce examples of other scenarios to reinforce through use the application of your skills gained. And in conclusion you will be given a path ahead where you'll pack up your newly acquired skills and head off on your own into the world of automation.
This course will provide you a way or method of approach to machine control and design of your program logic. For many the hardest part is 'where do I start?'
You will also gain the practical hands on skills and a fundamental knowledge base of a newer programming method that can best be described as 'Programmable Logic Gate Controls' or PLGCs which many are finding to be a more adaptable and user friendly way of programming. Yes it is faster because it can immediately and directly repeat the logic language in our own thought process when we are developing a program solution and allow us to write that quickly on the work bench provided in the software. No more ladder logic in the Logic, just plain Logic! To understand how we actually already think in logic please see the video and lesson 'Truth Tables and how they really help us!'
If you have progressed through the first video and its associated lesson mentioned above and are now going to get this next lesson under your belt, you will find that if later you wish to progress into PLCs (Programmable Logic Controls) your understanding of writing PLCs will have been better enhanced than if you had not learn this method of PLGC first.