Davis, N., & Pringle, C., & Holden, L., & Whelan, M. L. (2015, June), Development of a Programmable Logic Controller Training Unit for Engineering Technology Curriculum  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/p.23865

\bibitem{asee_peer_23865}
  Davis, N., \& Pringle, C., \& Holden, L., \& Whelan, M. L. (2015, June), \emph{Development of a Programmable Logic Controller Training Unit for Engineering Technology Curriculum}
  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington.
  10.18260/p.23865

Nathan Davis, Charles Pringle, Lad Holden, and Michael L. Whelan.  "Development of a Programmable Logic Controller Training Unit for Engineering Technology Curriculum".  2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2015.  https://peer.asee.org/23865 Internet.  15 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_23865}
  Nathan Davis, Charles Pringle, Lad Holden, and Michael L. Whelan.
  "Development of a Programmable Logic Controller Training Unit for Engineering Technology Curriculum".
  \emph{2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2015.
  https://peer.asee.org/23865 Internet.  15 Dec, 2024

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AB  -         Development of a Programmable Logic Controller Training Unit for                      Engineering Technology CurriculumBackground:      Central Washington University offers an undergraduate course in Programmable Logic      Controllers (PLC). Until recently, the department relied on out of date, rack mounted      PLC equipment to support this class. While this allowed the students to develop PLC      based projects, it did not provide the students experience with current technology. For      that reason, the department, in particular, the Electronics Engineering Technology      program, which supports the class, developed a set of PLC training units utilizing the      Allen-Bradley CompactLogix L30ER processor.Purpose:      This paper presents an overview of the development cycle of the programmable logic      controller (PLC) training units created to support the undergraduate engineering      technology programs. It provides a comparative analysis of the previous and updated      training units, design considerations, and an overview of the development of the lab      sequence and curriculum for the course.Scope/Method:      This paper provides a summary of the development cycle of the PLC unit and the      curriculum and labs used in the course. In addition, it presents evidence in the form of      student feedback from course evaluations that the student experience in the course      improved as a result these improvements. This paper does not provide vendor or pricing      information for components used to develop the units.Conclusions:      The course evaluations are used to conclude that the updated PLC units have improved      the student experience in the class. Analysis of three primary metrics from the course      evaluations will be used to form this conclusion.
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