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TIA Portal Beginner Workshop
If you are completely new to Siemens TIA Portal and do not know where to start, this workshop is designed for you. The session is built specifically for beginners, so…
Siemens TIA Portal – Q&A Podcast – Episode 15
This week’s question is a little different to the usual technical deep dives. Instead of talking about software features or PLC behavior, I was asked a much more personal question…
Siemens TIA Portal – Q&A Podcast – Episode 14
As projects grow, UDTs tend to multiply quickly. What starts as a handful of clean, well named types can turn into a long, flat list that is difficult to navigate…
SIMATIC AX Explained: What It Is, How It Differs From TIA Portal, And How To Prepare Without A Licence
SIMATIC AX is one of the clearest signs of where Siemens wants PLC engineering to go. The more useful questions are what AX actually changes, where it still falls short…
Coming Soon: Siemens TIA Portal – Programming Languages Workshop – 6 Hours
Want to feel more confident choosing the right programming language in Siemens TIA Portal? This upcoming 6-hour online workshop is designed to help you understand when to use Ladder, SCL,…
Siemens TIA Portal – Q&A Podcast – Episode 13
As PLC programs grow, data blocks often evolve organically. New variables get added wherever there is space, types get mixed together, and before long the memory layout becomes messy. Someone…
20 SCL Execution Order Questions
A practical quiz-based SCL article with 20 execution-order questions covering overwrites, timers, state logic, feedbacks, and data typing, designed to help PLC engineers read structured text in the same order…
How To Structure A PLC Project: From Documentation To Commissioning
PLC projects usually become difficult when the engineering development sequence is weak. If development requirements are handled out of order, the code may still run, but the project becomes harder…
Siemens TIA Portal – Q&A Podcast – Episode 12
As projects grow and evolve, engineers naturally look for better ways to reuse proven logic, review old configurations, and avoid opening multiple heavy projects at the same time. One feature…
Where State Machines Pay Off in PLC Projects
State machines are most useful when they make behaviour easier to see, easier to support, and easier to standardise. The real challenge is not understanding the idea. It is knowing…