A ready-to-teach, browser-based PLC programming curriculum — ladder logic, timers, counters, and real industrial automation machine scenarios — that runs on any school computer or Chromebook. No install, no IT roll-out, and no per-seat industrial software licence. Assign a scenario, students practise programmable logic controller code in the browser, and the simulator auto-grades every attempt.
To be clear: this is a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) programming curriculum for industrial automation and electrical engineering — ladder logic and IEC 61131-3 — not a generic teaching framework or professional-learning-community model.
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Why instructors choose it
Teaching programmable logic controller programming is hard for reasons that have nothing to do with the subject. Desktop PLC software runs only on Windows, needs IT to install it on every machine, and locks each student to a single lab computer. Hardware trainers cost hundreds of dollars per student and a 30-seat cohort is simply not fundable. And every ladder logic exercise has to be checked by hand. This curriculum removes all three problems so a PLC instructor can spend class time teaching, not troubleshooting.
The entire PLC curriculum runs in the browser. There is nothing for IT to install, no admin rights required, and no licence keys to distribute. A new class can be writing ladder logic within minutes of logging in.
Every scenario runs the student's ladder logic against test cases and grades it pass/fail automatically. Students get immediate feedback; the instructor sees who has mastered timers, counters, and interlocks without collecting and marking a single file by hand.
Because it is browser-based, the curriculum runs on Chromebooks, Macs, Windows PCs, and Linux machines alike. Whatever your computer lab or Chromebook cart runs, every student gets the full programmable logic controller environment.
Students learn IEC 61131-3 ladder logic first, then switch the same program between Allen-Bradley-style and Siemens-style addressing and instruction names — plus Mitsubishi, Omron, Schneider, Delta, and Instruction List — so skills transfer to any brand they meet in industry.
The curriculum is sequenced from first principles — contacts, coils, and seal-in circuits — through timers and counters to multi-step machine sequencing and fault diagnosis. Assign the path to a cohort and progress is tracked automatically.
Conveyor sorting, traffic light sequencing, motor star-delta starters, tank level control — each scenario is framed around recognisable industrial automation equipment, bridging classroom theory to the kind of work graduates actually do.
The curriculum, lesson by lesson
The PLC programming curriculum is sequenced from first principles to multi-step machine control. Every concept below is a lesson or scenario you can assign and the simulator auto-grades — so students build each idea in the browser and you see who has mastered it without marking a single file by hand.
How it works for a class
Pick from the structured PLC programming curriculum or build a path that matches your scheme of work. Assign a ladder logic scenario — or a whole sequence — to your cohort from the instructor admin console.
Each student logs in on any school computer or Chromebook and writes real ladder logic against the scenario. No install, no shared lab machine, no booking system — they can keep practising at home on the same account.
The simulator runs each submission against test cases and grades it pass/fail instantly. You see cohort and per-student progress at a glance, and students export a portfolio PDF of timestamped completions for assessment.
Classroom & site licensing
Individual student accounts are free to start, so you can trial the curriculum with a small group before committing. When you are ready to run it across a class, a programme, or a whole site, institutional access gives you a shared, reassignable seat pool, an instructor admin console for cohort management and learning-path building, and consolidated progress reporting.
Seats are reassignable — if a student withdraws mid-term, that seat moves to a replacement student rather than going to waste. A single organisation account can cover multiple classes, departments, or campuses, with reporting consolidated at the account level. If your procurement office needs a purchase order or a pro-forma quotation before payment, contact us first and we will provide the documentation. We will not quote specific per-seat prices here — reach out and we will scope licensing to your class size and programme.
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For every kind of institution
Whether you are a single high-school PLC instructor, a college running a mechatronics programme, or an employer training apprentices, there is a tailored view of the same browser-based PLC programming curriculum for your context:
A ready-to-teach ladder logic curriculum that runs on any Chromebook or school PC and auto-grades every student. Create a free instructor account and assign your first scenario today.