Get started with PLC ladder logic programming. Explore fundamental topics and review case studies that can help you grasp the real-world application of these concepts.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Program PLCs with ladder logic
- What you should know
- PLC programming languages
- LogixPro PLC simulation software
- Programming concept
- Input instructions
- Output instructions
- I/O with a push button and light
- I/O with alternating lights
- Field devices and program instructions
- Normally open (NO) contact with XIC and XIO
- Normally closed (NC) contact with XIC and XIO
- Multiple inputs
- Example of multiple inputs (AND and OR)
- Multiple outputs
- Seal-in and hold-in instruction
- Branching operation and examples
- Rung operation case study, part 1
- Rung operation case study, part 2
- Multiple I/O case study
- Latch/unlatch output
- Latch/unlatch example
- Timer instruction overview
- Timer status bits (EN, DN, and TT)
- Timer types (TON and TOF) and diagrams
- Use a timer to flash a light
- Counter instruction
- Examples of counter types
- Counter and timer case study
- Case overview
- Part 1: Counting sheets
- Part 2: Running the conveyer
- Part 3: Applying paint
- Part 4: Programming the second conveyer
- Ladder logic program simulation
- Part 5: Add stops to complete the program
- Next steps
Taught by
Zahraa Khalil
