Industrial automation is at an inflection point: the PLC programming skills that have powered factories for 50 years must now be complemented by connectivity, cloud, and analytics capabilities that most textbooks have never addressed together. This book provides the complete engineering toolkit for the modern automation engineer.
What You Will LearnPLC hardware architecture, the scan cycle, and I/O system designAll five IEC 61131-3 languages: Ladder Diagram, FBD, Structured Text, SFC, and ILIndustrial communication protocols: Modbus, Profinet, EtherNet/IPSCADA system design, historian management, and alarm rationalizationOPC UA information modeling and MQTT/Sparkplug B for industrial IoTSafety PLCs, IEC 62443 cybersecurity, digital twins, and predictive maintenanceWritten for working engineers with concrete code examples, wiring diagrams, and practical deployment guidance for real industrial facilities.