TTC-Riyadh / Vocational Pedagogy / Lesson Plan / PLC programming (LAD)

2014

1. Learning Conditions 1.1. General Information o Topic: PLC programming (LAD) Ladder o Name: Hussain ALsaedi (321) o Date: 31/03/2014 o Time: 12:40 2:20
1.2. Trainee 1.2.1 Table of class Characteristics Home City AL ahsa Jeddah Jeddah Jazan Makkah Madinah Jazan Makkah Last Certificate Diploma Diploma Diploma Diploma Diploma Diploma Diploma Diploma Last Grading 85 90 90 90 85 80 80 80

No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Name Ali Rayan Mooyod Abdullah Omar Abdurrahman Abdullah Fahd Osama

ID 302 308 310 322 325 323 304 329

Age 23 23 25 24 23 25 24 25

Former School AL ahsa Technical College Jeddah Technical College Jeddah Technical College Jazan Technical College Makkah Technical College Madinah Technical College Jazan Technical College Makkah Technical College

1.2.2. Performance of Class

They are 8 trainees in class and each trainee has at the General Certificate of Secondary Education in the natural sciences. The learning level of the students has major differences. Performers are Mooyod, Rayan and Abdullah Omar. They participate very actively in class. Their contributions to teaching are good to very good. The work orders and homework get quickly accepted. Also the presentation of results should be assessed positively. And as we can see that the rate of the average scores of students in general good.

Age of trainees
25.5 25 24.5 24 23.5 23 22.5 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Age of trainees

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The class has experience and skill in the practice of group work, partner work and individual work and have an experience in the technical field practice, and the age of them between Last Grading 23 to 25 and all students are together along well and collaborators, also they have ability to understand the topic well, and this is one of the most important 8 7 points of interest that is found in students. And I will make discussion with them about everything. 1.3. Classroom

Last Grading
90 85 80 75 6 5 4 3 2 1

I will teach class EET- EP-7-1, and I will check my presentation to make sure everything is all right; I will check the computer and the projector and organize everything before my lesson. For the trainees, they have to bring Notes, Pens, Pencil, Ruler and Erasers. 1.4. College I will use room 4.122 in the EET building and the lesson will be at 12:40 pm in Monday 31 March. and, my subject will be practical lesson with a little theory and will have many uses to make the lesson interesting, also I will use a motivation. It will be at the beginning of the lesson and this will make the lesson more interaction and also I will use a PowerPoint presentation and I will use the Projector for the lesson, and the hardware and software of step-7 program that will help me to transfer the knowledge to the trainees easily. And the practical work will affect my trainees to be active and busy all the time of my lesson. 2. Didactical Reflection 2.1. Curriculum analysis

This course is Programmable Control Technology and code is (ELT 205). The contact hours for this course are 4 hours. The hours of lecture are 2 hours. The hours of practical are 2 hours and 0 hours tutorial. This course presents applied and experiment study for logic circuits and the programmable logic controller. It also enables the student to draw the control circuits and programs the PLC using the program required for industrial application. The general objective of this course is trains the trainees to test and maintain control circuits. The specific objective of this course, the trainees should distinguish between the three different systems of PLC programs;(LAD-STLCSF)
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2.2. Content analysis Introduction

In this lesson I will talk about PLC ladder program (LAD) ladder program has two important parts software and hardware. I mean by software computer, step-7 program and Microsoft windows. And I mean by hardware is the equipment that enable us to transfer our design to Production line. Most modern automation equipment is controlled by software running on specialized computers called Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs).Today I will present step-7 program which is based on software and hardware.

Software:
There are three programming languages in the standard software of step-7, STL, FBD, and LAD. You can switch from one language to the other almost without restriction and choose the most suitable language for the particular block you are programming. If you write programs in LAD or FBD, you can always switch over to the STL representation.

Hardware:
Hardware is the hand of the step-7 program enables the software to transfer the design program to the real field.

Starting Project: DC Transfer Belt

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The first project to operate with the S7 PLC will be a transfer system driven by a DC motor. This system will then step by step be enhanced to an automatic packing station.

. Analysis of the Transfer System

Conveyor technology is generally concerned with the conveyance and transport of goods between two locations a limited distance apart. So-called conveyors are used for this. Conveyors of this type are transfer systems such as the belt conveyor here. The aim of this experiment is to get to know the conveyor belt and its sensors and actuators.

This photo above presents the family of PLC (LAD) program.

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This lesson talks about the design a control program and transfer hardware part, also talks about where we use it and how we can use it and the benefits of use it. Before this lesson the trainees have to know knowledge about number system and the conversion and logic gates. In this lesson, I will focus only on easy start by design a small program to build a strong foundation that will help the trainees during the semester. This lesson focused on the basics of PLC (LAD) such as: software, hardware and uses of the PLC (LAD). In this lesson I will explain how to do the connection between hardware and software. And the trainees design a program by using software and test it by hardware. This lesson is very relevant to the trainees because their study in electrical engineering and they have to know about PLC (LAD) because all factories or work places now are using this program. If the trainee graduates without this knowledge he will not be Electrical Engineer. Before this lesson there are three important lessons. The three lessons are number system, logic gates and PLC construction and fundamentals of its operation. For number system the trainees have to know the differences between Binary Numeral System - Base-2, Octal Numeral System - Base-8, Decimal Numeral System - Base-10, Hexadecimal Numeral System - Base-16. And they have to know logic gates and differences between (AND, OR, XOR, NOT, NAND, NOR, and XNOR) and know Boolean function and Logical operation. After this lesson also there are important lesson the trainees have to get them like the types of the PLC programmable (STL, CSF) the trainees should take them all and apply them on the computer also. After that they should take the basic operation like latch, set/reset, timers, pulse generator. After all this things they will move to start new subject like operation three phase motor from two different locations.

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2.3. Didactic Analysis This lesson is the start or the first step to work with a control system. In this lesson the trainees can apply their knowledge about electrical engineering to design a control circuit. And from here they can work with PLC step-7 program. If they know how to design and analysis the control circuit that will be their key to work world. In this lesson I will apply the practical work because step-7 program it's very easy if I teach in practical, and with practical the trainees can see their work transfer from the software to hardware and they can learn from their mistakes and here the advantage of step-7 comes the can work in their mistakes and correct them. I will start the lesson by dividing the trainees into four groups. After that I will distribute handout that help the trainees to make link between software and hardware. At this point, let the trainees read the handout and make the connection. Next, distribute task for each group, and when the done the task the trainees will draw their designs on the whiteboard and present them.

2.4-Methodology Analysis Inductive approach will be chosen for this lesson. It is interesting to begin the lesson with a real world example and linking this example to the lesson that the trainer explains. Since the lesson is about the PLC step-7 program and the trainer will begin the lesson by shown and explain a small live demonstration represents step-7 program that we have it in class. Partner work by making trainees designs a control system that hand it from the trainer. Classroom Conversation by presenting their result on the whiteboard. And this lesson contains a PowerPoint, whiteboard, handout sheet and task sheet. After that the teacher checks the program with students and make sure that all trainees understand the lesson.

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Learning Objectives

3.1. General Objectives: The Trainees: 1. Write some notes about the lesson. ( Cognitive ) 2. Finish all the tasks on time. (Affective) 3. Answer the questions by raising their hand.( Affective) 4. Write and draw clearly on the whiteboard. (Psychomotor) 5. summarize the lesson at the end.( Cognitive)

3.2. Specific Learning Objectives: The Trainees:

1. Explain their design on the whiteboard. ( Cognitive) 2. Design the program they received. (Cognitive ) 3. Draw the control system. (Cognitive ) 4. Address the output and input. ( Cognitive ) 5. Make interface between the hardware and software.( Cognitive ) 6. Download the program to the control panel. ( Psychomotor ) 7. Manage the Hardware dependent on the program(Psychomotor)

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3.3 Lesson Plan

Opening / Entrance / Motivation Expected Trainer-action The trainer gives the trainees an example by showing and Expected Traineeaction Trainees listen to trainer and try to find out main ideas of the lesson. Methodology Media Minutes Projector: Slide:1 Time

explaining a small live demonstration represents step-7 program

InductiveApproach ClassroomConversation Lecture

live demonstration

Body (Information / Elaboration) Methodology Expected Trainer-action The trainer divides the trainees into four groups. Expected Trainee-action Trainees listen to trainer and follow the trainer older. ClassroomConversation Partner work The trainees read the handout handout that explain how to and ask if they have question. Classroommake connection between And do the interface between Conversation step 7 and computer. software and hardware. Partner work The trainer distributes Projector: Slide:2 Media

Time Minutes

Projector: Slides: 3 Handout 15

The trainees read the task The trainer distributes task Partner work for each group. And explain and ask if they have question. And start to design the control Classroomit. circuit. Conversation

Projector: Slides: 4 Task

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The trainer asks the trainees to draw their designs on the whiteboard.

Trainees draw their design on the whiteboard.

Classroomwhiteboard Conversation Partner work

The trainer asks the trainees to present their work.

Trainees present their design Classroom- Whiteboard on the whiteboard. And on Conversation student's their station. Partner work design

Close (Reflection, Exercises, Homework, Feedback)

Methodology

Time Media Minutes whiteboard Team work Projector: Slides: 5

Expected Trainer-action

Expected Trainee-action

Listen and remember important points in the lesson Trainer summarizes what has and try to list them with the been explained in the lesson trainer. so that it displays the key points.

This lesson focused on: 1- Principle of motivation by challenging the students by making task and team work. 2- Principle of vividness by using nice pictures that we use in the presentation. 3- Principle of self-activity by making team work and presentation. 4-Principle of securing the learning progress by summarizing the lesson with and doing oral questions.

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4-List of attached teaching material 1- White board. 2- PowerPoint Presentation. 3- Handout sheet. 4- Task sheet. 5- Hardware of PLC and Software

5. Reference: 5.1. Printed Source Programmable Logical Controller. Chapter 3. (Arabic book). Programmable Logic Controls II Part 1: Managing the Hardware. 5.2. Online Source http://www.plcdev.com/siemens_simatic_step_7_programmers_handbook

http://books.google.com.sa/books?id=dp6pAgAAQBAJ&pg=PR6&lpg=PR6&dq=introdu ction+about+step7+program&source=bl&ots=LnPsIqlyt8&sig=LQfz8CgzxsbEwMGD1bsaOYpHQp4&hl=ar &sa=X&ei=d4EkU8iAAqT20gW_ooCgCQ&ved=0CE0Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false

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