🎓 Industrial Automation Podcast

EduBytes

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 — Your First Rungbeginner E03Inputs, Outputs, and Addressingbeginner E04Timers — TON, TOF, and RTObeginner E05Counters — CTU, CTD, and When to Use Thembeginner E06Data Types — Booleans, Integers, and Realsbeginner E07Comparison Instructions — Equal, Greater, Lessbeginner E08Math Operations in Ladder Logicbeginner E09Structured Text — When Ladder Isn't Enoughintermediate E10Function Blocks — Reusable Logicintermediate
Season 2 Sensors & Instrumentation
E01How Proximity Sensors Workbeginner E02Inductive vs Capacitive — Choosing Rightbeginner E03Photoelectric Sensors Explainedbeginner E04Analog Signals — 4-20mA and 0-10Vbeginner E05Temperature — RTDs vs Thermocouplesintermediate E06Pressure Transmitters — Gauge, Absolute, Differentialintermediate E07Flow Measurement Basicsintermediate E08Level Sensing Technologiesintermediate E09Encoder Fundamentals — Incremental vs Absoluteintermediate E10Wiring Best Practices — Shielding and Groundingintermediate
Season 3 Industrial Networks
E01Why Fieldbus Mattersbeginner E02Modbus RTU — The Grandfather Protocolbeginner E03Modbus TCP — Modbus Over Ethernetbeginner E04EtherNet/IP Explainedintermediate E05Profinet — Siemens' Ethernetintermediate E06Profibus — Legacy But Still Everywhereintermediate E07DeviceNet and ControlNetintermediate E08IO-Link — 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 — 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 — The Worst Kindadvanced

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