PLC

What Will You Learn?

• 1. Introduction and Hardware Fundamentals
• General overview of Modicon M221 PLC units
• Internal structure, characteristics, and technical documentation
• Understanding catalogs, datasheets, and model number definitions
• Hardware components configuration (main unit, CPU, power distribution, expansion modules)
• Wiring of digital inputs and outputs, relay and transistor modules
• 2. Software and Programming Environment
• Introduction to EcoStruxure Machine Expert – Basic
• Creating and managing projects, setting passwords, and project properties
• Software configuration windows and symbol tables
• Operating guides and catalog exploration within EcoStruxure
• 3. Wiring and Electrical Connections
• AC & DC power distribution principles
• Digital input and output wiring (sourcing and sinking concepts)
• Analog input/output wiring for voltage (0–10 V) and current (4–20 mA) signals
• Connection of sensors and transducers (RTDs, thermocouples, and thermistors)
• Integration of expansion modules TM3 and cartridges (TMC2AI2, TMC2AQ2C, etc.)
• 4. Logic Programming and Function Blocks
• Introduction to Ladder Logic (LD) and Instruction List (IL)
• Working with operational blocks, comparison blocks, timers, and counters
• Concepts of Set & Reset, TON, TOFF, and TONR timers
• Designing and testing User Defined Function Blocks (UDFB)
• Logic and force simulation procedures
• 5. Project Design and Automation Applications
• Developing PLC control programs step-by-step
• Creating Manual/Automatic operation modes
• Motor control (bi-directional, start/stop, and set/reset functions)
• Timer-based and counter-based automation examples
• Matching program logic with wiring analysis
• Real PLC project simulation and debugging
• 6. Analog and Process Control
• Analog scaling concepts and variable mapping
• Input and output expansion with temperature measurement modules (TC, RTD)
• Practical exercises in analog signal programming and calibration
• Integration of process variables into control logic
• 7. Advanced Topics
• Understanding positive and negative logic, sink/source configurations
• UDFB creation and reusable logic structure design
• Project analysis, documentation, and firmware management
• Firmware update and USB application download procedures
• 8. Final Project and System Analysis
• Real industrial PLC project simulation (complete wiring + programming)
• Performance testing and fault analysis
• Preparing final project reports and documentation