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The Book

Philosophies, Software & Programming, The Book

CODESYS and PLC Philosophy…

Frank Sep 6, 2026 Tagged with Allen-Bradley, CodeSys, OOP, PLC programming, Siemens, Structured Text

Hi all! I’m continuing to make good progress on my new CODESYS book — Claude has …

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The Book

I Can’t Read These…

Frank Sep 6, 2024 Tagged with Advanced PLC Programming, Automacao Industrial Na Pratica, Books, Industrial Automation Hands On

…but I wrote them. The one on the left was published by McGraw-Hill in 2015, I …

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The Book, Thoughts

Collector of Books

Frank Aug 11, 2023 Tagged with Books

I am Phranc, Collector of Books. Many books have I, and many more have I read. …

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Techniques, The Automation Academy, The Book, Trades

Maintenance and Troubleshooting Book

Frank Apr 17, 2022 Tagged with Industrial Automation, maintenance, training, troubleshooting

My new book is out! The title as you can see above is Maintenance and Troubleshooting …

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The Automation Academy, The Book

Happy New Year!

Frank Jan 9, 2022 Tagged with Automation Academy, Automation NTH, Mastering the Machine

I know it’s a week late, but I hope everyone is getting off to a good …

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Controls Design, Industrial Education, Machine Design, My Little Factory, Product Development, The Book, The Course, Training, troubleshooting

The Automation Academy

Frank Jan 26, 2020 Tagged with HMI, Industrial Automation, Industrial Automation Hands On, industrial Education, machine vision, PLC Hardware and Programming, PLC simulators

As part of an effort to bring more students to my training facility in Lebanon, Tennessee …

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The Book, Trainers

Advanced PLC Hardware and Programming

Frank Apr 13, 2019 Tagged with Advanced PLC Programming, Allen-Bradley, PLC Hardware and Programming, PLC Trainers, PLCs, Siemens

Hello all, I know its been a long time since I last posted, a lot going …

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PLCs, Software & Programming, The Book

Ladder Logic 305: ASCII and Strings

Frank Feb 9, 2017 Tagged with Allen-Bradley, ASCII, PLC Hardware and Programming, PLCs, programming, Strings

Today’s post covers ASCII, string manipulation and how to deal with readable text in a PLC. …

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PLCs, The Book, The Course

I Need PLC Pictures!

Frank Nov 13, 2016 Tagged with images, PLCs

For the last few months I have been working (slowly) on my new PLC course. Before …

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Contribute, Me, PLCs, The Book, The Course, Training, Travel

Update on Projects – “Why haven’t you written more posts?”

Frank Jul 31, 2016 Tagged with Automation Training, C#, education, educational software, One legged men, PLCs, travel

I have been asked by a lot of readers, friends and associates lately about where I’m …

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