PE/CSE Exam Specs
NCEES - Professional Engineer
Review for the Professional Engineers exam
using books and video coursework with labs.
CAP Exam Specs
ISA - Certified Automation Professional
Learn Manufacturing and Process Control
Maintenance, Software, Best Practices.
CCST I, II, III Exam Specs
ISA - Certified Control Systems Technician
Learn Instrumention and Calibration, PLC
Motor Controls, Troublshooting in Plants.
Mechanical and Chemical engineering and technology students usually do not
take electrical courses in college. Electrical basics are needed to pass the
CSE / PE (Control Systems Engineer / Professional Engineer) and CCST
(Certified Control Systems Technician) examinations.
The Engineering Mindset has made a high quality video series on the Basics
of Electricity for Beginners. What is current and voltage, what is a
resistance,
what is series and parallel circuits.
The videos cover capacitors, inductors and diodes. What is AC (Alternating Current)
and DC (Direct Current). What is three phase power, transformers and grounding.
Learn how inverter drives (Variable Frequency Drives) and solenoid valves
and relays work.
Click on the image to view the Electrical Basics for Automation video page.
Download and install Rockwell software to program most Allen-Bradley PLCs
(Programmable Logic Controllers) and HMIs (Human Machine Interface) all
with activation.
This software allows you to run a SoftPLC, SoftLogix 5800 v17, same as a
ControlLogix 5000 plc that runs on your computer desktop. You will also
download the software to program it, RSLogix 5000 v17 and RSLogix 500 v8.
You can control real remote I/O (input/output). You can program standard HMIs
(Human Machine Interface) with this software and talk to the SoftLogix 5800
plc and run a HMI on your desktop.
You can also program Allen-Bradley MicroLogix, SLC 500, CompactLogix and
the popular ControlLogix PLCs (Programmable Logix Controllers).
Click on the image to download the programming software and activation disk.