This course is the first in a three-part series that builds basic programming skills with Siemens TIA Portal software. Students will learn TIA Portal project management, program design, and application development. This is an aggressively paced curriculum covering the S7 programming editor with Ladder, Function Block Diagram, and Statement List programming languages, as well as key TIA Portal software tools. This course takes a systems approach using the S7- 1500 PLC, basic connectivity, and functionality of a KP700 HMI and ET200SP PROFINET I/O. Throughout the course, students will build a TIA Portal project from the beginning, learning proper program structure and documenting. Software diagnostic tools will be used for debugging both hardware and code. Various instruction sets, memory areas, program blocks, and libraries will be introduced to provide the students with solid concepts of structured programming. The course format consists of instruction and hands-on exercises. model for realistic demonstrations and exercises