Your source for PLC Products and Training, Field Device Simulators including 4-20mA instruments, and UL508A Control Panels
We are a UL508A certified panel shop who also sells products used in the industrial automation industry.
We offer a full line of high quality PLC programming cables, PLC products, and electronic simulators and testers plus repair services for PLC and HMIs.
In addition to our PLC products, we offer PLC trainers to help you get started learning about industrial control panels. You can also find many great articles and a series of lessons in our support section to help you with your PLC training.
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- Reading wiring diagrams and understanding electrical symbols
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Technotes
- Technote #1 - PLC Tools SIM-ALP battery life
- Technote #2 - PLC Tools SIM-ALP2 fine increment improvement
- Technote #3 - Clarification of power up procedure and power icon on the PLC Tools SIM-ALP2 and SIM-IPE
- Technote #4 - What types of analog signals can the PLC Tools SIM-ALP2 connect to
- Technote #5 - How to use the PLC Tools SIM-ALP2 with 1762-IF4 and 1762-IF2OF2 module in Current Source and Two-Wire modes
- Technote #6 - How to convert our START STOP motor starter panel to an HAND OFF AUTO
- Technote #7 - What does the "OPEN WIRE" banner mean on the PLC Tools SIM-ALP2
- Technote #8 - Revisions to Industrial Control Panel Trainer to make way for HMI and other improvements.
- Technote #9 - Motor Starter Control Panel Naming Revisions CP-EMSXX
- Technote #10 - How to convert our NO BUTTON motor starter panel to an START STOP
- Technote #11 - Determining the PLC Tools SIM-ALP2 0-20mA Engineering Units from 4-20mA scaling parameters
- Technote #12 - Using a 2 AA battery adapter to extend the operating time of the PLC Tools SIM-ALP2 Analog Simulator
- Technote #13 - Wiring Color Codes for Pre-Wired Trainers
- Technote #14 - PLC Trainer Naming Revisions
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Lessons
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Analog Circuits Training
- Analog Circuits Training - Understanding Analog Circuits 0-10VDC 4-20mA
- Analog Circuits Training - Wiring a Potentiometer to a Meter - Basic Voltage Circuit
- Analog Circuits Training - How Voltage Dividers Work and Calculating Resistor Values
- Analog Circuits Training - Analog 4-20mA Current Circuit Types - 2 Wire and 4 Wire Current Source
- Analog Circuits Training - How a PLC Input Reads a 4-20 mA signal
- Analog Circuits Training - Binary to Integer and Integer to Binary Conversions
- Measuring a 4-20mA Signal with a Voltmeter
- Analog Circuits Training - Analog Scaling using y=mx+b
- How to measure a 4-20mA signal without blowing the fuse in your voltmeter
- How to Change a Blown Fuse in the mA Circuit of a Multimeter and How to Check if Yours is Blown
- Ohm's Law Power Formulas and Pie Chart
- Detecting an open circuit in a 4-20mA loop using the PLC Tools SIM-ALP2
- Resistor Color Code Chart and Standard Resistor Values
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Industrial Control Wiring
- Contactors and Relays - Starting Motors, Sending Signals...What's the Difference?
- Using a Multimeter, Voltmeter, Ammeter, and an Ohmmeter
- Industrial Switch Types | Toggle, Push Button, Selector Switch, Etc.
- Control Wiring - Sinking and Sourcing, NPN-PNP Devices and PLC Inputs
- Control Wiring - 2 Wire Control - ON/OFF Circuit
- Control Wiring - 3 Wire Control - Start Stop Circuit
- How to Wire a HOA Hand Off Auto Control Circuit
- How to Wire Series and Parallel Control Circuits
- Calculating Volts and Amps on Series and Parallel DC Circuits.
- How to Wire a 3 Way Switch. Carrier...Traveler...What?
- Wiring - Typical wiring color codes
- Control Wiring - Sensor Types, Mechanical Switch, Proximity, Retroreflective Photoelectric, Diffused Photo Electric
- Control Wiring - Transformer Wiring Primary and Secondary
- Wiring - Transformer Overcurrent Protection for Primary and Secondary Windings Using Fuses or Circuit Breakers
- Wiring - What is VA Volt-Amps and KVA Kilovolt-Ampere and How to Calculate It
- AC Circuit Troubleshooting with a Non Contact Sensor Compared to a Meter
- Wiring - Determining Wire Size and Voltage Drop for Amps - 240/120 VAC
- Wiring - Determining Wire Size and Voltage Drop for Amps - 480/277 VAC
- Wiring - Maximum Number of Conductors in Conduit
- Conventional Current Flow vs Electron Current Flow
- Motors, AC VFD Drives, and 3 Phase Power Training
- Bonus Series about PLC Programming and Industrial Automation
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