Ladder Logic PLC Programming for Beginners

Learn to Program PLC's in Ladder Logic Through 25 Examples and Exercises

Created by: Darius Kruger
Engineering, Technology & Business

What Will I Learn?

• How to program PLC's using Ladder Logic/Ladder Diagrams
• Understand the fundamentals of Ladder Logic Programming including the relevant terminology.
• Understand the fundamentals of Boolean Logic, Boolean Algebra & Truth Tables.
• Uderstand how to use Ladder Logic operators and instructions.
• Understand a number of commonly used pieces of Ladder Logic code.
• Be able to read and write your own Ladder Logic programs/code.
• Complete a project where you write Ladder Logic code for a real world automation application.

Requirements

• This is a beginner's course, some basic programming knowledge(In any language) is advantageous, but not required.
• You will learn everything you need to know.
• You DO NOT need acccess to a development environment to complete this course, all of the exercises can be completed with a pen and paper. Of course, you can also use a Ladder logic development environment should you have access.

Target audience

• Beginners in Ladder Logic Programming
• Beginners in PLC Programming
• Beginners in Automation and Control Engineering
• Electrical Engineers
• Electrical Engineering Students
• Automation Engineers
• Automation Engineering Students
• Control System Engineers
• Control System Engineering Students