Automation Education
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Skill Level
Beginner

Time to Complete
Five minutes twice a week

Certificate
Issued at completion

Prerequisites
None
About This Automation Education Course
In this course, you will receive byte-sized nuggets on important topics in industrial automation education delivered straight to your inbox weekly!
Whether you work on the factory floor or support sales or purchasing, this series is the easiest way to improve your protocol knowledge base. Also don’t forget to share this opportunity with your entire team.
Once you love this, check out our on-site Industrial Protocol 101 training and pre-register to be notified of the upcoming schedule.
What you’ll learn
- The basic facts, history and future of over 15 top industrial protocols including Modbus, PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, ASCII and more
- Overview of basic OSI Model and Physical Layers
- Pros and cons of the different protocols
- Moving Modbus data into a database
- Connecting Rockwell and Siemens devices
- Enginerd® Insights for quick tips and information
- Small quizzes to track your knowledge
ENROLL TODAY!
Subscribe to our Automation Education email series to learn the ins and outs of the top industrial protocols in a byte-size format!
Syllabus
11 lessons • 11 quizzes

Physical Layer
Basic overview of the OSI model

USB/ASCII
A look at the industrial applications of USB

Modbus
A focus on industrial communications’ oldest protocol

EtherNet/IP
The bits and bytes behind EtherNet/IP

DeviceNet
Basic overview of DeviceNet

PROFIBUS
An overview of PROFIBUS

PROFINET
An even deeper dive into the world of PROFI

BACnet
A dive into everything BACnet

S7
Breaking down Siemens S7

OPC UA
A look into OPC UA

MQTT
Topics around this new-ish messaging transport protocol