Understanding Industrial Controls with an ESP32
CEC Archives | CEC Semester Twenty Six 2024 | Understanding Industrial Controls with an ESP32
CEC participants will learn how to program counters and timers using OpenPLC to create a conveyor controller simulator.
In the Day 4 session, CEC participants will set up the OpenPLC software on an ESP32 microcontroller. An OpenPLC annunciator-LED flasher controller will be built by the CEC participants.
Data logging of electronic sensors wired to an ESP32 microcontroller will be presented to the CEC participants on Day 3. PID control activity will be provided in this session.
CEC participants will learn how to control a DC motor using electromechanical and solid-state switching circuits wired to an ESP32 microcontroller.

Dr. Don Wilcher, an Electrical Engineer, is an Associate Certified Electronics Technician (CETa), a Technical Education Researcher, Instructor, Maker, Emerging Technology Lecturer, Electronics Project writer, and Book Author. His Learn Electronics with Arduino book, published by Apress, has been cited 80 times in academic journals and referenced on patents.
He is the Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alabama - Birmingham. His research interest is Embedded Controls, Robotics Education, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence applications and their impact on Personalized Learning, Competency-Based Models curriculum, and instructional development in Mechatronics, Automation, IoT, Electronics, Robotics, and Industrial Maintenance Technologies. He is also the Founder and owner of MaDon Research LLC, an instructional technology consulting, technical training, and electronics project writing company serving Electronics Marketing Media, Technical and Engineering Education companies.