Advanced Programming with Ladder, FBD & Structured Text

This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. Unlock the full potential of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) by mastering advanced programming techniques using Ladder Logic, Function Block Diagram (FBD), and Structured Text (ST). Through this course, you'll gain hands-on experience with string and data manipulation, process control, analog I/O operations, and even complex control strategies like PID tuning. This is a comprehensive program designed for professionals seeking to deepen their automation skills. The course begins by covering string manipulation techniques such as converting characters to ASCII, inserting, deleting, and finding substrings. You'll then dive into data manipulation and process control with practical applications of MIN/MAX operations, alarm creation, and hysteresis. The journey continues with understanding user-defined functions and function blocks, reinforcing modular programming. You'll also explore structured text programming using loops, conditionals, and function calls, providing you with advanced skills to tackle complex automation challenges. The course is perfect for engineers, automation specialists, and anyone seeking to advance their PLC programming skills. It’s suitable for individuals with basic PLC knowledge who want to deepen their expertise. While prior experience in basic programming or PLCs is beneficial, it's not required. The difficulty level is advanced, and the course is designed for professionals aiming for specialization in industrial automation systems. By the end of the course, you will be able to effectively manipulate strings and data, create custom PLC simulators, implement process control strategies, and apply PID control in real-world systems. You will have a deeper understanding of structured text programming and be able to