ELEC-139B PLC-Level 1

Credits 2 / 2.75 Contact Hours
Prerequisite: Placement into RDNG-016 (ACSR-016). Prerequisite: ELEC-133 and ELEC-131
Programmable Logic Controllers are at the heart of industrial based environments from the auto industry to amusement parks. They manage the automated machine control system. They ride over the operation of everything that moves electronically including robots. This module will take the learner through the basic architecture of PLCs constructing a system RS Logix 5 software functions and fundamentals of ladder logic basic instruction set basic troubleshooting and program construction.

Course Outcomes
1. Identifying the components of a PLC based control environment 2. Installing and wiring a system 3. Properly using the basic controller instruction set 4. Mastering the basic of ladder logic 5. Constructing and de-bugging programs