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A common question we get is do you need a degree to be a PLC programmer or design control systems for industrial automation.  What makes this question unique is both potential employees and hiring employers both ask the very same question.  

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This is your chance to influence future PLC programming lessons.  We have upcoming videos on Studio 5000, Connected Components Workbench, Control Panel Building, PID control, HMI screen...  Do you want more tutorials on ladder logic?  Do you want videos specifically about Allen Bradley PLC Training or broader topics such as designing UL 508A industrial control panels? Let us know what you want to learn about next.

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Becoming a UL 508A Industrial Control Panel manufacturer is easier than you think.  Getting started can seem impossible with all the requirements of UL 508A.  There are a few obstacles you will run into when you contact UL to start the process but the UL MTR qualification exam is not impossible for a small control panel shop.  

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Today we are joined with Chris Grainger, host of EECO Ask Why from Electrical Equipment Company. Chris runs a manufacturing and industrial automation podcast that is highlighting the people behind our industry that are addressing the future challenges that manufacturing will face.  

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The final entries have been selected and it is up to you to vote for you favorite entry at Name the Podcast.

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The difference between a signed and unsigned integer is in its last binary digit.  This is bit 15 in a 16 bit integer and bit 31 in a 32 bit integer.

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In this episode I'm going to let you in on a secret that most professionals won't tell you.  We have all FAILED!  We are going to talk about the need to identify our failures, learn from them, then put them in the past and move on.

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In this episode, we are going to explore what binary numbers are, what the saying "There are 10 Types of People in the World, Those Who Understand Binary and Those Who Don't" means, how to convert binary to decimal numbers, how to convert decimal to binary numbers, and maybe a few things that you didn't know about the base 10 numbering system.  

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In this episode we are going to talk about what you can expect to make as a PLC programmer when working for a company and to try to make some sense out of what you need to charge per hour to make a living in the industrial automation field.

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In this episode I share why I quit my job and started an industrial automation company. A common question I get is how do you know it is the right time to quit your job and and start your own business. I don't have the perfect answer for you but here are some tips.

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