Industrial Instrumentation, then PID Control, then the DCS courses.

Is this for instrument technicians or automation engineers?

Both. The instrumentation course teaches the field devices; the PID courses teach the control that uses them, and every automation engineer needs both.

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Free instrumentation and process control courses

Industrial instrumentation and PID control, free and complete: sensors, transmitters, loops, calibration, control valves, PID tuning and loop strategies, with notes, quizzes and an optional verifiable certificate.

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4 courses · 46 modules · 24h 60m of video · Updated 27 September 2026

FreeInstrumentationIntermediate

Instrumentation for PLC Engineers

The half of the loop that is not code. Follow one measurement from the transmitter in the field, down the 4-20 mA loop, into the analog card, through NORM_X and SCALE_X into engineering units, out again to a valve, and back to the control room when the reading is wrong.

Trace one loop from sensing element to final element and say which half a wrong reading is in
Read a transmitter's range and span, and work out the process variable at any current
Wire two-, three- and four-wire transmitters, and tell a fault current from a measurement

12 modules 6h 28mView course

FreeProcess controlIntermediate

Siemens TIA Portal PID Compact and Analog Processing

Closed-loop control the way it is done on an S7-1200 or S7-1500: analog in, NORM_X and SCALE_X, PID_Compact configured, tuned and wired to an HMI, analog or PWM out, proved on a free tank simulation.

Explain on/off, three-point and PID control and when each fits
Read P, I and D as gain, reset time and rate time
Scale analog inputs with NORM_X and SCALE_X and outputs the other way

7 modules 2h 54mView course

FreeProcess controlIntermediate

PID Control for PLC Engineers

From on/off to a tuned loop: what P, I and D each do, how to tune by hand and by rule, anti-windup and filtering, and PID inside Allen-Bradley controllers.

Explain why on/off control cannot hold a setpoint on a fast process
Wire a loop's transmitter and final element on Micro800 and MicroLogix
Predict what raising gain, shortening reset or adding rate does to a loop

13 modules 6h 48mView course

FreeInstrumentationBeginner

Industrial Instrumentation and Process Control

Pressure, level, flow and temperature measurement, switches and sensors, 4-20 mA loops and the calculations, control valves, P&IDs, HART and smart transmitters, calibration, and how instruments meet the PLC, DCS and SCADA.

Tell open-loop from closed-loop and name every part of a control loop
Explain absolute, gauge and differential pressure and the instruments that measure them
Choose a level and a flow technology for a service and say why

14 modules 8h 50mView course

Compare the Instrumentation and process control courses

Course	Level	Modules	Video	Brand
Instrumentation for PLC Engineers	Intermediate	12	6h 28m	Vendor-neutral
Siemens TIA Portal PID Compact and Analog Processing	Intermediate	7	2h 54m	Siemens
PID Control for PLC Engineers	Intermediate	13	6h 48m	Vendor-neutral
Industrial Instrumentation and Process Control	Beginner	14	8h 50m	Vendor-neutral

Questions

Which course first?: Industrial Instrumentation, then PID Control, then the DCS courses.
Is this for instrument technicians or automation engineers?: Both. The instrumentation course teaches the field devices; the PID courses teach the control that uses them, and every automation engineer needs both.