PLC Simulator

What’s new

New labs, lessons and product changes, newest first. Last updated 2026-10-04.

October 2026

  • Improvement

    Compare and worked-math blocks in lesson diagrams

    Lessons can now show two circuits side by side and walk through a calculation step by step next to the diagram.

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  • Lab

    Free troubleshooting labs

    Starter fault-finding practice is open on the free plan, so you can try the half-split method on a faulty circuit before deciding on anything else.

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  • Lab

    HMI exercise 14: fix a bad screen

    Review a cluttered operator screen, find what an operator would misread, and repair it against a graded checklist.

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  • Pricing

    Prices shown in your local currency

    Where we can tell your country, the pricing page shows an approximate local price next to the USD price. The amount charged is set at checkout from your billing country.

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  • Feature

    Recap cards on the beginner labs

    Short recall prompts bring back the idea from the previous lab before you start the next one.

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  • New track

    New track: Drawings and Documentation

    Read a P&ID and an electrical drawing set, follow a signal from the process to a PLC terminal, and document your own work the way an employer expects. 10 units, 3 free.

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  • New track

    New track: Electrical Foundations

    The electrics you need before PLC wiring: Ohm's law to a start/stop circuit, in 12 short units. 12 units, 4 free.

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  • New track

    New track: Electronics Foundations

    The electronics inside sensors, I/O cards and controllers: parts, switching, signals and fault finding, with a small circuit explorer. 12 units, 3 free.

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  • New track

    New track: Industrial Networks and SCADA

    From a sensor reading to a historian trend: how plant data moves, which protocol does which job, and how to keep the whole system secure and readable. 16 units, 4 free.

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  • New track

    New track: Industrial Safety

    Why machines are guarded, how stops and interlocks work, and the safe habits that keep technicians and controls engineers out of trouble. 12 units, 4 free.

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  • New track

    New track: Mechanical Foundations

    The mechanical half of mechatronics in plain language: torque, gears, belts, bearings and troubleshooting, in 12 short units. 12 units, 3 free.

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  • New track

    New track: Motion and fluid power

    From choosing the actuator to a working pick-and-place cycle: encoders, motion profiles, homing, pneumatics and hydraulics seen from the PLC programmer’s side. 15 units, 5 free.

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  • New track

    New track: Troubleshooting

    A repeatable way to find faults: measure before you replace, halve the circuit, and read what the LEDs, the program and the meter are each telling you. 27 units, 7 free.

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  • New track

    New track: Vendor References

    Instruction references and runnable labs for Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Mitsubishi and CODESYS. 37 units, 4 free.

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  • Improvement

    Wiring labs are now checked on the server

    Your wiring answer is graded by the server, with Check, Hint, Guided and Reveal steps. Hints are capped so you get a nudge before the full answer.

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