More Fun with Enclosures
Two days before the tornado in March, I wrote a post about the enclosures I planned to market as part of my PLC training kit. With all of the turmoil and working out of my house for a few months, …
Tag: PLC Trainers
Ladder Logic 306b: More on Simulation
A couple of weeks ago I taught a class to interns at Automation NTH, a local engineering and integration company. I have held classes for both customers and employees of theirs before, and this particular class (NTH University 103b) has …
Build your Own Enclosure
Back in November I posted an article about the PLC Trainer Kits that I had created for people to wire their own PLC. I mentioned that the plastic boxes I was using didn’t travel well, and that the one I …
Industrial Education Ch. 4: Vocational and Jr. Colleges
This series of posts discusses the current state of industrial education in the US and around the world. I will cover topics covering elementary through high school education (including the STEM programs), vocational/technical schools and colleges, independent for profit courses …
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Build Your Own PLC Trainer
Along with the Simulation Trainers I described in previous posts I have been working on a do-it-yourself kit. I have built a couple of these and have documented all the assembly instructions in a wiring manual that comes with the …
PLC Simulation Trainers
Today’s post is actually a video… I have mentioned before that I feel kind of like I’ve run out of things to write about. So this is a video I made about my new training equipment. I hope to start …
Advanced PLC Hardware and Programming
Hello all, I know its been a long time since I last posted, a lot going on here. Most importantly, my new book, Advanced PLC Hardware and Programming, is officially on sale! Final edits were done last week, and the …
Tagged with: Advanced PLC Programming, Allen-Bradley, PLC Hardware and Programming, PLC Trainers, PLCs, Siemens
Fischertechnik and PLC Trainers
Just an update on my PLC Trainer project. These are two of the Allen-Bradley Micrologix 1400 Trainers along with the Fischertechnik models I mentioned in my last post. The program and documentation for the Color Sorter, shown at left, is completed. …
New Training Demos
I mentioned in my last post that one of the projects I have been working on is to build less expensive, more functional training accessories than are currently on the market. The picture at the top of this post is …
Hands On Training Equipment
This post is both an update on the status of “My Little Factory” and an article on some new fun trainers that I am working on. As you can see in the above picture, all of the hardware for the …
Tagged with: Allen-Bradley, Fischertechnik, machine vision, My Little Factory, PLC Trainers, Siemens, training