IMG 3020 - Introduction to PLC Programming

 

Student Learning Outcomes:

1. Understand Safety Practices that must be used when working with electrical equipment. (Lockout/tagout, Stored energy, Electrical Energy, etc.) 
2. List benefits of using PLCs over electromechanical relays 
3. Ability to perform component replacement. 
4. Understand and work with Boolean logic 
5. Work with Decimal, Binary, Octal, BCD, and Hexadecimal numbering systems 
6. Identify Input and Output devices 
7. Understand the difference between digital and analog input/output signals 
8. List some common Communication Systems used with PLC’s 
9. Identify similarities and differences between PLC Logic and Relay logic 
10. Create simple PLC Logic programs and understand their operation 
11. Work with PLC Timer and Counter functions 
12. Ability to locate and understand advanced instructions in PLC Logic including Math, Compare, Jump, Bitshift, Data Handling, Sequencer, and Subroutine functions