The Mastering the Machine Workshops are a series of lectures and hands-on lab exercises with the goal of training students on system integration, design, and programming in industrial automation. In last week’s post, the process of learning industrial automation skills …
Wednesday afternoon I did a webinar for Control Engineering magazine. Usually they have two or three people talk on a topic, but for some reason I was the only person available, so I had to do the whole thing. I …
This was last week’s Mastering the Machine video on the Beckhoff PLC platform and TwinCAT. I am working on the programming part, it should be out in a few weeks. If you want a copy of the document I showed …
Friday, November 19, 2021 was the one year anniversary of the Automation Academy, my system integration training website! I do these webinars every two weeks as live Zoom events, part of the Academy’s events. This webinar was on PLCnext, Phoenix …
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 …
Today’s post relates to a new method I am using to teach some of my advanced classes. In a basic PLC training class, pushbuttons and pilot lights built into a trainer are used to complete exercises, usually in order to …
This post is another guest post from MRO Electric. I thought it was an interesting topic. ************************************************************************ PLC Security In The Heating Industry: Keep Your Friends Close, and Your Enemies Closer No one understood or more succinctly described strategies and …
Today’s post is in answer to a question from Bruno on my last post on Faults and Messages. Bruno asks “If two faults happen at the same time, will this procedure work?” This is a more complex question than it …
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This post is another in my series on Ladder Logic. As with the other posts in this series, I am using generic logic and addressing so that it can apply to various PLCs. In previous posts in this series I …
I just got back from teaching a class in California using the conveyor and training demo mentioned in my previous post on Automation NTH. I have discussed training quite a bit on this blog before, but I feel like this …
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