Start from nothing. Electrical fundamentals, what is actually inside a control panel, then the controller itself: wire real inputs and outputs, write your first ladder logic in Studio 5000 Logix Designer v30, and download it to a 1769-L33ERMS Compact GuardLogix 5370 running firmware revision 30.011.
About this course
This is the course to take if you have never opened a control panel and have never written a rung. It assumes no electrical background and no software background.
The first two modules are electrical, not PLC: what voltage and current actually are, where 24 V DC control power comes from, how to read a wiring diagram, and what every component in a panel is for. Skipping that is why a lot of people can write ladder logic and still cannot get a machine running.
From there you meet the controller, a Compact GuardLogix 5370, the current-generation platform you will find on new installations, and work up through Studio 5000, real I/O wiring, tags, ladder logic, timers and counters. It finishes with a complete start/stop/jog station that you wire, program, break and then troubleshoot.
Every other course in this program assumes you have done this one or already know its material.
What you work through
Voltage, current and resistance, AC against DC, where 24 V DC control power comes from, and how to read a wiring diagram and take a measurement safely.
Disconnects, breakers, power supplies, terminal blocks, relays and contactors, and how an emergency stop circuit is actually built.
What a 1769-L33ERMS is and what makes it a safety controller: the standard and safety sides, local 1769 I/O, the two Ethernet ports, the SD card and the keyswitch.
Create a project at revision 30.011, set the controller properties, find the controller on the network, download, and go online for the first time.
Sinking against sourcing, wiring a 1769 input and output module to real field devices, configuring the modules, and the tags that appear when you do.
Tag-based addressing instead of file addressing, controller against program scope, data types and aliases, and the contacts and coils behind your first working rung.
TON, TOF and RTO, CTU and CTD, latch and unlatch, one-shots and seal-in circuits, and what the scan is doing to each of them.
Wire and program a complete start/stop/jog station, then find a fault in it online, force safely, and document what you built.
Lab times are approximate: they are a guide to how long the hands-on part usually takes, not a limit. You can ask for more lab time whenever you need it.
This course is in development. The module list is the curriculum plan, the slides, labs and knowledge checks are still being built, which is why every module reads COMING SOON.
The controller itself is in the lab and working. Other hardware is being added over time as the lab grows, and no course here opens for booking until both its hardware and its material are ready.