Industrial Automation and Control

PLCs, SCADA and control loops in a working production setting.

What the course covers

8 modules, 32 topics. Open any one to see what sits inside it.

1. 1.1 From manual operation to automation
2. 1.2 The automation pyramid
3. 1.3 Process, batch and discrete control
4. 1.4 Reading a process and instrumentation diagram
1. 2.1 Sensors and transmitters
2. 2.2 Valves, actuators and final control elements
3. 2.3 Signal standards and wiring
4. 2.4 Intrinsic safety and hazardous areas
1. 3.1 PLC architecture and the scan cycle
2. 3.2 Ladder logic
3. 3.3 Structured text and function blocks
4. 3.4 Writing a program someone else can maintain
1. 4.1 On-off, proportional and PID control
2. 4.2 Tuning a loop on a live plant
3. 4.3 Cascade, ratio and feedforward
4. 4.4 Advanced control in outline
1. 5.1 SCADA and HMI design
2. 5.2 Alarms operators actually trust
3. 5.3 Historians and process data
4. 5.4 Reporting and performance measures from plant data
1. 6.1 Industrial protocols
2. 6.2 Determinism and network design
3. 6.3 Where IT and operational technology meet
4. 6.4 Industrial cyber security
1. 7.1 Motors and variable speed drives
2. 7.2 Servo and stepper motion
3. 7.3 Synchronised and coordinated motion
4. 7.4 Energy use and efficiency
1. 8.1 The functional design specification
2. 8.2 Factory and site acceptance testing
3. 8.3 Safety systems and interlocks
4. 8.4 Handover, documentation and change control

By the end of this course you will be able to explain and apply:

Two hours, not two months Eight short modules. Finish in a day, or do one module a night for a week.

Depth beyond your coursework Pitched above taught content, for research, leadership and the work that follows the degree.

Built for a phone Watch on the bus, pause mid-module, pick up where you stopped. No download, no lab.

A certificate that can be checked Every certificate carries an ID your college or an employer can verify on our site.

About two hours in total — eight modules of roughly fifteen minutes. You can do it in one sitting or spread it across a week. Your place is saved either way.
No. There is no prerequisite course and no software to install. A phone, tablet or computer with an internet connection is enough.
Yes. This course is placed at Master's Degree for India, and the content is written for that level. If you are at a different stage, change your level at the top of the page and the courses will change with it.
A certificate for the course, carrying an ID that your college or an employer can check on our verification page. You keep access to the material afterwards.
Yes — ₹450 for this course on its own, or ₹1,450 for all five in this set, which works out cheaper if you want more than one.
There is a short quiz at the end of each module so you can check what stuck. It is not timed and you can retake it.
Change your country using the picker at the top. Level names, degree names and prices all switch to that country, and the courses adjust to its education system.

Wording shown for India. Pick a different country at the top and the terms, currency and programme names change with it.