PLC Hardware, I/O and Field Integration

Key learnings

• Understanding PLC CPUs, I/O modules and fundamental PLC hardware architecture
• Connecting digital inputs and outputs to sensors, pushbuttons, relays, contactors and field devices
• Integrating analog input and output modules with industrial field equipment
• Configuring PLC hardware and mapping I/O addresses to physical field signals
• Integrating overload and motor protection signals into PLC control systems
• Tracing field signals through electrical schematics to PLC I/O points
• Systematically analyzing power supply, wiring and signal-related hardware faults
• Diagnosing PLC I/O and field connection faults using multimeters and PLC diagnostic tools