The Complete PLC Software/Hardware full Automation Bootcamp

Explore how a programmable logic controller drives industrial automation by processing inputs with a processor and memory, using ladder logic, and why it outperforms microcontrollers in rugged settings.

Explore ladder programming fundamentals, including normally open and normally closed contacts, output coils, and hardware versus software elements, to design PLC programs that reflect hardware states.

Download and install the Logixpro software, use its 15-day free trial to practice AB PLC ladder programming, and explore simulating automation systems before switching to RSLogix500.

Build your first plc code in Logixpro using ladder programming, linking input switches to addresses and lamps to outputs, and test AND and NOT conditions in simulation.

Build a PLC motor start/stop system for an air fan using ladder logic, including start and stop switches, latching to maintain energization, and an indication lamp as output.

Examine the latch and unlatch methods in ladder programming, using latching and unlatching output coils with a start/stop scheme to energize and deenergize a lamp.

Explore the Siemens S7-1200 compact plc, cpu 1212C, ac input with 24v dc output, six relay digital outputs (Q0.0–Q0.5), eight 24v inputs, two 0–10v analog inputs, and tia portal.

Explore the wiring and hardware design of the S7 1200 plc, covering input and output modules, common points, addresses I 0.0–I 0.7 and Q 0.0–Q 0.5, 24 volt dc supplies, analog inputs, and Profinet connectivity.

Download, unzip, and install the tia portal software, select English, and ensure at least five gigabytes of free space to activate a 25-day trial for testing and simulating plc code.

Install PLCSIM software version 16 for Siemens PLCs, using the attached download to extract and run the installer, enabling software-based PLC code testing without hardware.

Gain a concise overview of Siemens tia portal, an integrated plc programming and hardware design environment for s7 1200, covering project setup, device views, tagging, and organization blocks.

Design a start/stop ladder plc program in tia portal for an s7-1200, connecting I0.0 and I0.1 to Q0.0 with a latching parallel contact.

Set up a start/stop plc design on a hardware workbench. Download ladder code via tia portal, connect profinet, and verify with the start, stop, and indicator lamp.

Learn the dual fans interlocking system to ensure only one fan runs at a time via the sequence of operation, using start/stop switches and PLC ladder logic.

Build a ladder code for a double fans interlocking system using logic Pro, with input/output simulation and normally open and normally closed contacts to prevent both fans running.

Design and implement a two-fan interlocking system in TIA Portal using ladder logic for a S7-1200 PLC, including start-stop circuits, interlocking with normally closed contacts, hardware wiring, and online testing.

Master the one way sequence of operation for air fans in a PLC system; energize fans 1, 2, and 3 in order and stop 3, 2, 1 with a ladder.

Design a ladder code for Allen-Bradley PLC to control three fans with start/stop logic, ensuring a one-way start and stop sequence using normally open contacts and output coils.

Develop a three-fan one-way control using the TIA Portal ladder code for the S7-1200, employing normally open start/stop contacts, latching coils, and parallel branches, with hardware wiring and testing.

Design a door simulator PLC ladder in Logics Pro software, using open, close, stop switches and limit switches to control up and down motor contactors with interlocking and indication lamps.

Design a plc ladder for a door automation system, wiring normally open and closed contacts, output coils, latching, and limit switches to open, close, stop, and simulate the motor operation.

Learn to design PLC ladder code for a door automation system with electrical interlocking that prevents simultaneous up and down motor operation, and implement open, shut, and ajar indicators.

Design a PLC ladder code for the silo simulator, controlling a conveyor, motor, solenoid valve, and tank filling using start, stop, proximity and level sensors, and markers.

Create and test plc ladder logic for the silo simulator using Logixpro step(2). Energize the solenoid valve to fill portals at tank position, controlled by proximity and level sensors.

Design PLC ladder code in logixpro step 3 to safely stop a silo simulator during filling, using markers, rungs, and sensors to prevent motor and valve actions at wrong times.

Design ladder code for a silo automation system in Logixpro, wiring run, fill, and full lamps to motor, valve, and level sensor outputs in parallel rungs, and test via simulation.

Discover how PLC timers TON, TOFF, and TOR control actions after input signals, comparing delays to relays and switching normally open and normally closed contacts.

Learn the on delay timer operation in LogixPro, including timer addressing of t4:1, time pace 0.1, and present value p100; observe accumulation, enable and done coils, with practical simulation.

Explore off delay timers and retentive on delay timers in LogixPro plc ladder code, including inputs, present value, time pace, accumulation, and reset for practical automation.

Design and implement a ladder code sequential control for three Allen-Bradley PLC fans, using start/stop controls and five minutes on-delay timers to energize fan two and three in sequence.

Design a PLC controlling system with ladder code on TIA Portal, tested on S7-1200 hardware, implementing sequential fan control using start/stop inputs and on-delay timers.