Do you want to try industrial automation without paying for it? Get a taste of industrial control design and review with a short course that covers more than just using one PLC, or setting up a single drive! Most of what I have seen online is great IF you know exactly what you are looking for. There are excellent classes that go in depth for diagrams (electrical or piping and instrumentation), just as there are great classes in PLC programming and set up. What I have struggled to find is a class that touches on these topics in a concise manner.
Start with reviewing very basic relay logic diagrams, then compare and contrast these to the same implementation in a PLC: RLL, or relay ladder logic. After that, review the documentation supplied by engineers: P&IDs (that is PIPING and INSTRUMENTATION DIAGRAMS, not PROPORTIONAL, INTEGRATL, DERIVATIVE) and control narratives. See examples of the format expected in an industrial setting. You will then learn to implement with the skills you have learned with a (free and legal) trial version of software used by professionals around the world- Siemens TIA Portal! (Ideally, the student will be using that software while they work... Allowing for an immersive experience.) Finally, learn to avoid common pitfalls in writing a control narrative. These all come from nearly a decade of experience in various automation position
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I am a controls specialist in the USA, with a decade in automation, of which eight years have been in industry. I hold my professional engineers license, along with a master's degree in chemical engineering.
I like training people to understand and better utilize their industrial control systems. While I have a full-time job doing this, I could never have done it without a wide variety of teachers. This is my attempt to pass along some of those skills. If I only help one person with this, I consider it a total win!
