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Complete courses in PLC programming, SCADA, HMI, drives, instrumentation, robotics, safety, industrial IoT, OT cybersecurity, fluid power, motor control, electrical and power-system design, CAD and BIM, lighting, building automation, control theory, and now AI and machine learning for engineers, with real plant projects: video lessons, written notes, practice problems, assessments and engineer support. Not a sample, not a lead magnet. The whole course, for nothing, with an optional verifiable certificate.
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Python on engineering data, how language models actually work, prompting for FAT reports and I/O lists, AI agents with n8n, machine learning, computer vision, deep learning and RAG chatbots. Then the industrial track: where AI sits beside your PLC, predictive maintenance on real run-to-failure data, machine vision inspection with YOLO, and plant data over Modbus and OPC UA. Every project has a dataset, runs in a free Colab notebook on free models, and is marked against a rubric within a minute of submitting.
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Free Siemens TIA Portal course for beginners: write ladder logic for a simulated S7-1200 and WinCC HMI. Learning is free; the certificate is optional and paid.
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Free beginner instrumentation course: sensors, 4-20 mA loops, control valves, P&IDs and calibration. Learning is free; the certificate is optional and paid.
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Free electrical design course for engineers: estimate loads, size cables and breakers, draw single-line diagrams. The certificate is optional and paid.
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Free ETAP course for electrical engineers: load flow, short circuit, protection and arc flash studies. Learning is free; the certificate is optional and paid.
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Free AutoCAD Electrical course for beginners: draw control schematics, PLC I/O, panels and reports. Learning is free; the certificate is optional and paid.
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Free BMS course for engineers moving into buildings: HVAC control, BACnet, point lists, commissioning. Learning is free; the certificate is optional and paid.
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Free beginner motor control course: read ladder diagrams, wire starters, build reversing and braking circuits. The certificate is optional and paid.
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Free OT security course for automation and IT staff: Purdue zones, ISA/IEC 62443 security levels, risk assessment. The certificate is optional and paid.
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Free course for electrical beginners: read PLC wiring diagrams, then build, cool and test a UL 508A control panel. The certificate is optional and paid.
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Every network a PLC engineer meets, from RS-485 and Modbus to PROFINET, EtherNet/IP and OPC UA, with hands-on PLC-to-PLC and Modbus configuration in TIA Portal.
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Free EPLAN Electric P8 course for electrical designers: projects, terminals, PLC I/O, reports and Pro Panel 3D layouts. The certificate is optional and paid.
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The first three hours of the Siemens TIA Portal course, cut to end on a win: what a PLC is, how it is wired, a project configured in TIA Portal, and your first ladder program running in simulation. Finish it in an evening or two, earn a certificate, and carry straight on into the full course.
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The Siemens stack most plants actually run: TIA Portal from zero, the S7-1200 instruction series, program structure, HMI panels, interrupts, PID, commissioning, Factory I/O projects, the S7-300 installed base, advanced S7-1500, safety, WinCC SCADA and LOGO!.
128h 17m of video · Free
RSLogix 500 for the MicroLogix and SLC base, Studio 5000 for CompactLogix and ControlLogix, the Micro800 with CCW, and FactoryTalk View for the panels.
56h 09m of video · Free
One PLC from scratch, the networks it talks over, the HMI on the door and the panel it lives in. The four things a maintenance engineer meets on day one.
43h 00m of video · Free
Four of the most widely installed SCADA platforms: InTouch, Ignition, WinCC and Citect, from tags to alarms, history and clients.
47h 14m of video · Free
Instrumentation, PID loops and drives on top of a PLC: the combination process plants, water boards and pharma lines hire for.
33h 40m of video · Free
FANUC, ABB and KUKA, three of the robot brands most common on automotive and electronics lines, plus the servo and motion control they sit on.
78h 60m of video · Free
Mitsubishi, Omron, Schneider and Delta: the compact controllers inside packaging, textile, plastics and food machines.
55h 03m of video · Free
CODESYS, TwinCAT and Automation Builder: structured text, PC-based control and the IEC languages behind hundreds of PLC brands.
40h 19m of video · Free
Before the PLC: the electrical basics a technician works by, motor control with contactors and starters, pneumatics and hydraulics, and the control panel that holds it all. The base every automation engineer stands on.
59h 50m of video · Free
The three schematic tools tenders name: EPLAN Electric P8, AutoCAD Electrical and SOLIDWORKS Electrical, with the panel-building course to know what the drawings become.
46h 53m of video · Free
From the load schedule to the signed study: electrical design engineering for loads, cables and breakers, ETAP for load flow, short circuit, coordination and arc flash, and motor control for what the drawings feed.
60h 29m of video · Free
The MEP consultant's toolkit: electrical design for the loads, Revit MEP for the BIM model, DIALux evo for the lighting and a BMS course for how the building is controlled once built.
70h 12m of video · Free
AutoCAD for 2D drafting, SOLIDWORKS for machine building and Fusion 360 for products and 3D printing: three modellers, one set of habits.
56h 11m of video · Free
Industrial networks, Node-RED for data and dashboards, and ISA/IEC 62443 to keep the plant safe once it is connected.
79h 07m of video · Free
MATLAB and Simulink for the theory, PID control for the practice, instrumentation for the signals and VFDs for the actuators.
36h 12m of video · Free
Omron Sysmac and CX-Programmer, Mitsubishi GX Works3 and GX Works2: the controllers inside many packaging, textile and automotive machines, especially in Asia.
40h 28m of video · Free
From zero code to a working AI assistant: Python on engineering data, how large language models actually work, prompting for engineering documents, and AI agents and workflow automation with n8n.
50h 12m of video · Free
The four skills AI job posts name most: machine learning with scikit-learn, computer vision with OpenCV, deep learning with TensorFlow and Keras, and RAG chatbots with LangChain, each with a plant project.
60h 13m of video · Free
AI where the machines are: where it sits beside PLC and SCADA, predictive maintenance on real run-to-failure data, machine vision quality inspection with YOLO, and plant data over Modbus and OPC UA in Python.
34h 41m of video · Free
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Every module has a paged booklet with diagrams, worked practice problems and quick checks you answer as you read.
Stuck on a module? The Ask-your-trainer panel reaches the same engineers who teach the paid programme.
Finish the course and pass the final assessment, and a verifiable certificate is US$23.99 for a beginner course. The course itself stays free.
CV builder, public job listings and the LADX skills tracker come with the free account.
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Video, notes, worked problems and a practice task in each.
It unlocks once every module is complete.
Optional, US$23.99 for a beginner course, verifiable by code.
Taking several courses? A certificate pass covers every certificate you earn for 30 days or a year. Practise with mock exams. For colleges and employers: team licences with a progress dashboard.
About the video lessons. Lessons stream from their creators' own YouTube channels. EDWartens does not host or sell that footage, and the creators are not affiliated with EDWartens. The study plans, notes, practice problems and assessments are original EDWartens material.