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Industrial Automation from Scratch

You're reading from   Industrial Automation from Scratch A hands-on guide to using sensors, actuators, PLCs, HMIs, and SCADA to automate industrial processes

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800569386
Length 492 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Learning the Concepts and Skills Required to Get Started
2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Industrial Automation FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Switches and Sensors – Working Principles, Applications, and Wiring 4. Chapter 3: Actuators and Their Applications in Industrial Automation 5. Chapter 4: Overview of AC and DC Motors 6. Chapter 5: Introduction to Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) 7. Chapter 6: Drawing Schematic/Wiring Diagrams Using CAD Software 8. Part 2: Understanding PLC, HMI, and SCADA
9. Chapter 7: Understanding PLC Hardware and Wiring 10. Chapter 8: Understanding PLC Software and Programming with TIA Portal 11. Chapter 9: Deep Dive into PLC Programming with TIA Portal 12. Chapter 10: Understanding Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs) 13. Chapter 11: Exploring Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) 14. Part 3: Process Control, Industrial Network, and Smart Factory
15. Chapter 12: Process Control – Essentials 16. Chapter 13: Industrial Network and Communication Protocols Fundamentals 17. Chapter 14: Exploring Smart Factory (Industry 4.0) with 5G 18. Assessments 19. Index 20. Other Books You May Enjoy

Downloading and installing TIA Portal V13 Professional and PLCSIM

Siemens offers a 21-day free trial of their programming software (TIA Portal). There is also a simulator that allows you to simulate your program. Hence, you can write a program and see how it runs even when you don’t have a live PLC by using the simulator (PLCSIM). You can download both TIA Portal V13 Professional and PLCSIM free online and use it to learn PLC programming.

Downloading TIA Portal V13 and PLCSIM

The following steps should be followed to download TIA Portal V13 and PLCSIM:

  1. The first step is to visit the download page. The following link should take you to the download page:

    https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/document/109745155/simatic-step-7-including-plcsim-v13-sp2-trial-download?dti=0&lc=en-WW

    The following screenshot shows the page of the preceding link:

    Figure 8.18 – Download page of Siemens TIA Portal V13 Professional and PLCSIM (1)
  2. Scroll to the STEP 7 Professional V13 SP2...

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