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Tag: PLC programming

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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Controls Design, Training

Back to Basics 5: Industrial Training

Frank May 20, 2025 Tagged with PLC Hardware and Programming, PLC programming, PLCs, systems integration, training

In 2013, not long after leaving Wright Industries and going back out on my own, I …

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Integration, Philosophies

Building Blocks of Industrial Automation

Frank Nov 5, 2023 Tagged with Industrial Automation, industrial Education, PLC programming, systems integration

As with any field of study, industrial automation and system integration requires specific skills that need…

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PLCs, Software & Programming

Ladder Logic 309: Allen-Bradley DDE/OPC Link to Excel

Frank Feb 7, 2021 Tagged with DDE/OPC, ladder logic, PLC programming, RSLinx, RSLogix

It’s been a while since I’ve added to the Ladder Logic series, so this post serves …

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PLCs, Software & Programming

The Case for Ladder Logic

Frank Jan 4, 2021 Tagged with ladder logic, PLC programming, Structured Text

Lately I have seen a lot of posts promoting Structured Text on forums and Linked In. …

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Motors and Actuators, PLCs, Software & Programming

Ladder Logic 404: VFD Encoder Control/Siemens

Frank Jul 19, 2020 Tagged with ladder logic, PLC programming, Siemens

Today’s post doubles as a Ladder Logic series post and an introduction to the last videos …

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Industrial Education, PLCs, Software & Programming

Ladder Logic 309: Allen-Bradley Produced-Consumed Tags (Video)

Frank Jun 1, 2020 Tagged with Communications, ladder logic, PLC programming

Today’s post is a continuation on Jason Lafever’s questions on PLC to PLC communications. PLCs often …

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Industrial Education, PLCs, Software & Programming

Ladder Logic 308: Allen-Bradley’s MSG (Message) Instruction – Video

Frank May 11, 2020 Tagged with Corona Phranc, ladder logic, PLC programming, PLC simulators

Today’s video is in response to a post I put on my Facebook automation forum, Automation …

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PLCs, Software & Programming

Ladder Logic 307: Data Average and Archive

Frank Apr 24, 2020 Tagged with ladder logic, PLC Hardware and Programming, PLC programming

Today’s post is in response to Yusuf Shaikh, who asked a question in a Facebook forum …

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Training

Teaching the Teachers

Frank Apr 6, 2016 Tagged with aluminum extrusion, Automation Training, Hydraulic, Pellissippi, PLC programming, pneumatics, Siemens, training

A few weeks ago I had the privilege of teaching a Siemens S7 advanced class for …

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