Intermediate Programmable Logic Controllers

Catalog description

This course expands on the fundamentals of working with Programmable Logic Controllers and focuses on standalone PLC’s. Students are introduced to intermediate topics such as analog I/O, ethernet communications, motion control applications and programming languages other than ladder logic. Students gain experience specifying, connecting and troubleshooting digital and analog I/O for discrete control as well as connecting with other automation components such as servo or stepper drives.