Lesson 1: PLC Hardware, Signals, Electrical Control, and Programming Foundations

PLC CPU, memory, power, I/O modules, scan cycle, operating modes, and hardware diagnostics
Digital inputs and outputs, sensors, actuators, wiring, sourcing, sinking, and addressing
Relays, contactors, motor control, electrical drawings, interlocks, and safe working practices
Tags, data types, process image, online monitoring, simulation, and basic troubleshooting
Hardware selection, capacity, documentation, commissioning readiness, and validation

Create or review a practical configuration for plc cpu, memory, power, i/o modules, scan cycle, operating modes, and hardware diagnostics.
Build and test an exercise involving digital inputs and outputs, sensors, actuators, wiring, sourcing, sinking, and addressing and relays, contactors, motor control, electrical drawings, interlocks, and safe working practices.
Use diagnostics or evidence to validate hardware selection, capacity, documentation, commissioning readiness, and validation.

Explain plc cpu, memory, power, i/o modules, scan cycle, operating modes, and hardware diagnostics.
Apply digital inputs and outputs, sensors, actuators, wiring, sourcing, sinking, and addressing and relays, contactors, motor control, electrical drawings, interlocks, and safe working practices.
Validate and troubleshoot hardware selection, capacity, documentation, commissioning readiness, and validation.

Lesson Overview