PLC Simulator, Mechatronics, P

DavidRWhite

About this app

This app is designed to help anyone that is new to PLCs and wants to learn the basics of "How a PLC works" and PLAY with a simple simulator to experiment with some simple programming. The app consist of three main sections, "How a PLC works", "PLC Block Diagram" and the PLC Simulator. The PLC Simulator allows the beginner to learn simple programming skills with 3 timers, 2 counters, 6 compare instructions, 2 Binary outputs and 3 RES outputs. The user interface is very friendly. For first time users, there is an information icon that shows just how easy this app is to program.

This app also helps people better understand the exam-off instruction -[/]-, the "Seal-In" or "Latching" logic, such as a motor start/stop circuit and much more.

Enjoy the fast growing world of PLCs.

My daughter found it very useful for her Mechatronics class.

Try it, you will like it.

Ratings and reviews

Interface is terrible. Prayer? Really? What does that have to do with PLC? Offend or not, it has zip to do with learning programming. Useless added feature that could have been used for something else. Like a better interface that is less counterintuitive.

Decent enough for someone new to this stuff. Would be better if the tutorial messages didn't pop up every single time you come back to programming. It's irritating to have to close them all every time I want to make a change to it or when I open the app. Also the tap and hold function for setting the address is very unresponsive and it can be difficult to get the address selection to open. This has potential, but still needs work. Wouldn't hurt to add more advanced stuff, too. Cheers.

At the beginning it kinda sucked. After reviewing again , the simulator is not so bad. The interface could have been better and the instruction could have been better also. There are not a lot of choices choosing the outputs.

What's new

Improved graphics