๐ŸŽ“ Industrial Automation Podcast

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Bite-sized engineering lessons. 5 minutes each. Built for technicians, apprentices, and anyone who wants to understand how factories actually work.

49
Episodes
6
Seasons
~5m
Per Episode
Free
Always
Season 1 PLC Basics
E01What is a Scan Cycle?beginner
E02Ladder Logic โ€” Your First Rungbeginner
E03Inputs, Outputs, and Addressingbeginner
E04Timers โ€” TON, TOF, and RTObeginner
E05Counters โ€” CTU, CTD, and When to Use Thembeginner
E06Data Types โ€” Booleans, Integers, and Realsbeginner
E07Comparison Instructions โ€” Equal, Greater, Lessbeginner
E08Math Operations in Ladder Logicbeginner
E09Structured Text โ€” When Ladder Isn't Enoughintermediate
E10Function Blocks โ€” Reusable Logicintermediate
Season 2 Sensors & Instrumentation
E01How Proximity Sensors Workbeginner
E02Inductive vs Capacitive โ€” Choosing Rightbeginner
E03Photoelectric Sensors Explainedbeginner
E04Analog Signals โ€” 4-20mA and 0-10Vbeginner
E05Temperature โ€” RTDs vs Thermocouplesintermediate
E06Pressure Transmitters โ€” Gauge, Absolute, Differentialintermediate
E07Flow Measurement Basicsintermediate
E08Level Sensing Technologiesintermediate
E09Encoder Fundamentals โ€” Incremental vs Absoluteintermediate
E10Wiring Best Practices โ€” Shielding and Groundingintermediate
Season 3 Industrial Networks
E01Why Fieldbus Mattersbeginner
E02Modbus RTU โ€” The Grandfather Protocolbeginner
E03Modbus TCP โ€” Modbus Over Ethernetbeginner
E04EtherNet/IP Explainedintermediate
E05Profinet โ€” Siemens' Ethernetintermediate
E06Profibus โ€” Legacy But Still Everywhereintermediate
E07DeviceNet and ControlNetintermediate
E08IO-Link โ€” Smart Sensorsintermediate
E09Network Diagnostics 101intermediate
E10Choosing the Right Protocolintermediate
Season 4 HMI & SCADA
E01Principles of Good Interface Designbeginner
E02Color Theory for Operatorsbeginner
E03Alarm Management Basicsintermediate
E04SCADA โ€” What It Is and How It Worksbeginner
E05Historian and Data Loggingintermediate
Season 5 Safety Systems
E01Why Safety PLCs Existbeginner
E02SIL Ratings Explainedintermediate
E03E-Stop Circuits Done Rightintermediate
E04Light Curtains and Safety Matsintermediate
E05Risk Assessment Basicsintermediate
Season 6 Troubleshooting
E01A Systematic Approachbeginner
E02Reading Electrical Drawingsbeginner
E03Using a Multimeter Effectivelybeginner
E04Common PLC Faults and Fixesintermediate
E05Motor Starting Problemsintermediate
E06VFD Fault Codes Decodedintermediate
E07Network Communication Issuesintermediate
E08Intermittent Faults โ€” The Worst Kindadvanced

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