Today I’m happy to announce that my new ControlLogix training course, PAC Basics, is now available to take online at The Automation School. This new edition of the course is much enhanced over the previously available “on-demand” Vimeo version in several ways. The first and most obvious is that each and every lesson of the…
I’m happy to announce my PVP Basics course is now available in Digital and DVD editions. Both editions contain over three and a half hours of PanelView Plus lessons, and can be purchased in either a three disc DVD set, or in a Digital edition. The DVD Set was authored at the highest DVD resolution possible, and while…
Expanded with new lessons on Ethernet drivers, BOOTP, OSRs, Photo Eyes, Floating Point, and much more! I’m very happy to announce that after several long weeks in the studio, my updated PLC Basics course is now available! In this new “Second Edition,” I have re-recorded every single lesson, allowing me to expand many of the lessons, add additional hands-on…
Over the last few years, some of the most popular articles here on The Automation Blog have been those about Allen-Bradley’s PanelView Plus HMIs. Not only are the articles popular, but the most asked question in article comments also seem to be about the PanelView Plus. Which brings me to the purpose of this article, and the…
A few weeks ago in the “Question of the Week,” I asked which product or topic our readers would like to see more articles on. The result was the CompactLogix and ControlLogix came in first place, gathering 22% of all votes. And while I still believe the MicroLogix 1000 is the best PLC for beginners to learn on…
If you’ve visited TheAutomationMinute.com lately, you’ve seen that I’ve started publishing a series of videos on the Micro800. Part of the reason for this is, while I still believe the MicroLogix 1000 is the best PLC to learn on (via my course at www.PLC-Basics.com) there’s no denying that the Micro800 is Rockwell’s new line of lost cost Micro…
I’m please to announce that my Micro PLC Basics training course, previously only available on DVD, has just been released for “Video On-Demand” streaming! Now anyone who wants to learn PLCs can watch my PLC video course in HD, on-demand from any internet connected video device (including smart phones and tablets!) And because it’s “video on-demand,” viewers no longer have to wait a week or more for the physical…
If you know someone who would like to learn PLCs, I may have exactly what they’ve been looking for. Not everyone is fortunate enough to work for a big company that will send them away for weeks at a time to formal factory training costing thousands of dollars. And while there are many self-study options out…